it's a dirty line... when ARQ is of your line is down for 1-2 seconds. Gushterul
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, James Willmore wrote: > Is it possible to exploit the modern modems. I have an external modem that, on >occasion, has trouble maintaining a connection. More specifically, the "ARQ" light >flashes almost constantly during one session, but remains lit for another. This >light indicates error checking. > > At first, I thought it might be a "dirty line", but the timing was what really >prompted this email. The flashing started shortly before Nimda and has since almost >stopped now. > > I also thought that the modem was the target of a DoS attack, but that doesn't >really make sense. > > Any thought about this would be helpful. > > Thanks > >
