I've been using the kernel speedtouch driver, along with modem_run for a while now, and have generally been very happy with it.
However, what I have been suffering in silence is occasional PPP disconnects. I've never figured what causes them, and whether to complain to my ISP, or to discover if it's a problem with the drivers or my system. I've a Speedtouch 330 (Silver), connected to a Suse 8.2 box. My PPP peer file reads: ======================================================================== lock defaultroute noipdefault noauth holdoff 10 maxfail 250 persist asyncmap 0 lcp-echo-interval 2 lcp-echo-failure 7 name [EMAIL PROTECTED] user [EMAIL PROTECTED] mtu 1492 plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1/pppoatm.so 0.38 ======================================================================== The log info I get out of PPP for a connection when it mysteriously disconnects follows, I've not turned on PPP debugging yet, I can do that if you want: ======================================================================== Jul 5 10:55:01 linda pppd[5174]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1/pppoatm.so loaded. Jul 5 10:55:01 linda pppd[5174]: PPPoATM plugin_init Jul 5 10:55:01 linda pppd[5174]: PPPoATM setdevname - remove unwanted options Jul 5 10:55:01 linda pppd[5174]: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm - SUCCESS:0.38 Jul 5 10:55:01 linda pppd[5177]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 5 10:55:02 linda pppd[5177]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 5 10:55:02 linda pppd[5177]: Connect: ppp0 <--> 0.38 Jul 5 10:55:02 linda pppd[5177]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 Jul 5 10:55:07 linda pppd[5177]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 Jul 5 10:55:11 linda pppd[5177]: local IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Jul 5 10:55:11 linda pppd[5177]: remote IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Jul 5 10:55:11 linda pppd[5177]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 5207), status = 0x0 Jul 5 11:12:42 linda pppd[5177]: No response to 7 echo-requests Jul 5 11:12:42 linda pppd[5177]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. Jul 5 11:12:42 linda pppd[5177]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 Jul 5 11:12:42 linda pppd[5177]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 5300), status = 0x0 Jul 5 11:12:46 linda pppd[5177]: Connection terminated. Jul 5 11:12:46 linda pppd[5177]: Connect time 17.7 minutes. Jul 5 11:12:46 linda pppd[5177]: Sent 102940 bytes, received 201142 bytes. Jul 5 11:12:46 linda pppd[5177]: Fatal signal 11 Jul 5 11:12:46 linda pppd[5177]: Exit. ======================================================================= Thanks, John. -- John Beranek To generalise is to be an idiot. http://redux.org.uk/ -- William Blake Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
