thanks ... yup, i've been reading the logs (normal). i'm also using usr message modems ... i guess i'll just blame it on our phone system here in baguio or the modems used by our clients :) hehehe
thanks again! > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 01:05:26PM +0800, Jopoy C. Solano > wrote: > > i've been using mgetty for my dialin server. my problem is that after > > about an hour or 2, my client gets disconnected. any suggestions on > > how i can diagnose my prob? > > First of course is to check your logs. That should go without > saying. Everybody should read all their logs (or at least scan > them or pass them through grep or something) before wondering > why anything happens. > > That aside, it's highly likely that this is a standard POTS > issue. The quality of the lines may not be good enough, and > somewhere along the line things may just drop dead. Or maybe > it's your modem: some are not known to be as reliable as others > for long-term connections. My el-cheapo D-Link gets disconnected > for wierd reasons, even if I'm sure nobody picks up an extension > on either end. I'm sure a USR Courier would have been much > more reliable. > > If your connections get dropped at fairly regular intervals, > though, you may want to enable pppd debugging and watch your > logs. Or set your clients to auto-redial. Or both. ;) > > --> Jijo > > -- > Federico Sevilla III : <http://jijo.free.net.ph/> > Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. > GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" Jopoy C. Solano Systems Administrator University of Baguio ----------------------- University of Baguio General Luna Road Baguio City Philippines 2600 Phone: +63 74 4423540 Fax: +63 74 4423071 http://www.ubaguio.edu _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
