[arachne] Re: LSPPP versions

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Sam,

The later versions (1.0x) of LSPPP might use a few more bytes of
RAM (I haven't checked closely, they are similar in RAM usage),
however they fix a number of bugs (such as the LCP bug that was
introduced in LSPPP 0.75) and have _much_ better error handling,
so "download stalls" of images on web pages are virtually a "thing
of the past".

Also, if you pay a charge to your telco. each time you dial-up (eg.
in Oz), you have a fairly good chance of recovering from an Arachne
lock-up (without redialling) with the later versions of LSPPP. The
following sequence works for me on most occasions :

0. Arachne locks-up, such that you can't exit.
1. Reboot (try the "Vulcan nerve pinch" first, else Reset).
2. Run "chkdsk /f" (just in case).
3. Run "lspppcfg" (assuming you are using this package;-).
4. Run "rst-uart" (another of my utilities;-).
5. Run "lsppp".
6. Run "arachne -r".

FYI, main bugs in recent LSPPP versions :
0.75-0.76 : LCP is broken, some ISPs tolerate it, others don't.
0.8 : Automatic DNS negotiation/detection is broken.
0.9x : Seems totally (for me) broken, don't know the exact cause.

So, I'd recommend version 1.01 (1.00 is OK unless you have
a buggy FIFO). If for some reason that's no good for you (eg.
Christof?), the next safest option is version 0.74.

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ewalt [SMTP:ewalt@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 4:42 AM
> To:   arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [arachne] Re: LSPPP versions
> 
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> On Thu, 20 May 2004 12:35:11 +1000, da Silva, Joe wrote:
> 
> > The reason you had changed to LSPPP was for its automatic
> > DNS configuration feature, which is now less important as you
> > now only use one ISP. The other benefit of LSPPP over EPPPD
> > is that it uses less memory, which may or may not be important
> > in your case.
> 
> 
> Joe,
> 
> Does the latest version of LSPPP use more or less memory than
> version O.75?
> 
> I've been using the older version since it became available to
> Arachne users several years ago and it has always worked flawlessly
> with my ISP. Is there any reason to update?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sam Ewalt
> Croswell, Michigan, USA
> -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
> 
> 
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