On 23/11/2004, at 5:30 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 22/11/2004, at 10:51 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:
On 18/11/2004, at 1:14 PM, Mike MOORE wrote:
I have this perennial problem with my dial up connection where if I
have been connected and then disconnect I cannot then reconnect
without restarting my computer.
A known problem, you are not alone. Download a small app called "End
Hanging Disconnect", get it from Version Tracker or similar sites.
This will fix it for you I am sure. If you can not find it let me
know and I can send it to you. I have never had to use it but I have
seen on many occasions on different lists that it works.
.........
Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
Description of App that Peter refers to above : NOTE THE LAST PARA :
" End Hanging Disconnect "
is a Mac OS X application that will force-quit the infamous "endless
disconnect" that can sometimes occur on dialup Internet connections.*
Download End Hanging Disconnect (24 KB)
(for Mac OS X only)
This version repeats the killall command 5 times (with 5 second delay
in between tries), since the first try frequently does not end the
pppd processes.
*I suspect that this problem probably has to do with the phone
company's installation of "MUX" (MultiPlex) boards along phone lines.
This allows them to run more than one customer's data through a single
pair of wires. Some modems are more sensitive to this "MUXing" than
others, and unfortunately, recent model Macs are particularly
vulnerable in this regard .
