I have the same problem every now and again on my home network. After much investigation and troubleshooting it *always* comes down to the same thing. (It helps to be on a first name basis with the third tier support folks.) The ISP has changed something. New router, new switches, new modems, new POTS provider.... Something. It has *never* been on my end. My guess is that you're experiencing a similar problem.
Give their tech support folks a call. Point out to them that *nothing* has changed on your end and ask what they've changed on their end. Until they get to know you, they probably won't admit to anything. But I'll bet that if you call them daily and ask for new suggestions, within a week or so the problem will go away. That's how it works for me. Jim Chuck wrote: > My grandpa raised me to believe racist's were people who drove fast cars > at race tracks. > > My 3400 has developed an unusual problem with disconnects. I'll be > surfing along just fine and all of a sudden I'm disconnected. The > disconnect is not from incoming calls either. What's really interesting > is that when I try to reconnect a message window pops up saying there's > an error with the Remote side. The message appears when Remote Access is > at the "Starting PPP" portion of a connection. I've tried multiple > dial-up numbers to my ISP with no luck. > > If I restart and rebuild the desktop (restarting alone doesn't resolve > the remote error message) I'm able to reconnect and everything works > fine until I'm once again disconnected with the Remote side error > message appearing if I attempt reconnect. I have to continually restart > and rebuild and connections seldom last more than 20 minutes. > > I haven't installed anything (software or plug-in's) on my computer in > more than a year so I'm (temporarily) not thinking there's an extension > conflict. I've deleted preference files for Remote Access and the Finder > with no resolution. > > Anyone got some idea's to share? > > Chuck > Seattle > > ps - I found Canada on the map. All this time I thought it was just the > name of a large glacier > pps - my wife is from Vancouver > > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
