I forgot to mention, that the log-messaging of Clp bits can easily be switched of, by commenting the 'offending' line in atm.c and a re-make.....of course this will not cure your disease.
And, not only the cabling could cause problems: how about some malfunctioning computer-part (usb f'rexample)? Ok O. Michele wrote: >Hi there ;-) >Maybe someone found a similar problem: >after having downloaded the firmware into the modem (SpeedTouch 330 rev 4.00) >i start pppd as explained in the howto and everything works fine but... >at random, after some hours (sometime days), the network become unusable: no >ping even to the P-t-P host > >... >Mar 30 11:59:00 atalante last message repeated 2852 times >Mar 30 11:59:00 atalante /USR/SBIN/CRON[17482]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/ >Mar 30 11:59:00 atalante pppoa3[17161]: Clp bit is ON >Mar 30 11:59:31 atalante last message repeated 5641 times >... >Mar 30 12:21:29 atalante last message repeated 4284 times > >then silence (but CRON)! > >pkill -9 pppd >pkill -9 pppoa3 >pppd call adsl > >and it works newly fine (_with another IP_). > >What can it be? Has anyone idea how could I restore the connection without >having another IP. Why ppp do not understand that the connection is lost? >And finally what is this god-bless-it Clp bit that is ON (and I know it is ON >because my computer said me that was at least 1e100 times, and it was never >OFF, thing that imply that these log lines bring me an information rate of >about 0.0) > > >Thanks in advance :-) > >Michele > > >Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB >Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
