[arachne] Re: lsppp

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Hi Joe,

thank you for your detailed answer.


On 28 Jan 04 at 18:43, Joe.daSilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hmmm ... interesting. Let's see if we can solve this puzzle ...

>1. Are you using FreeDOS?

no

>2. Are you using the "/z" option with LSPPP?
>   (Note: Yesterday I mentioned "/x" as the LSPPP option for
>    logging, this was incorrect, I should have said "/z".)

no

>3. Are you using "lsppp /u" or "arachne -u" to unload LSPPP?

yes

>Now some more specific questions :
>
>4. Check the "one modem that does not switch off when
>   LSPPP unloads". What is its "&D" setting? (You should be
>   able to use "AT&V" to query its most common settings.)

???

>5. The "one ISP that is not working well with LSPPP", was
>   this checked with version 0.74 and/or 1.0/1.01?

I will download and check 1.01 soon

>Finally, some comments :
>
>1. I know of two possibilities for LSPPP to work with some
>   ISP's but not others. The first possibility is the LCP bug in
>   versions 0.75 to 0.765. The second possibility is that some
>   ISP's require a small pause between PPP negotiation and
>   TCP/IP traffic (my LSPPPCFG package introduces a two
>   second pause, previously it used a one second pause, but
>   I recently encountered an ISP were this was sometimes
>   still inadequate).
>2. Newer versions of LSPPP are able to load more than once,
>   so if you find LSPPP loaded at 0x60 and 0x61, this may be
>   caused by the "unable to unload" problem. If the "unable to
>   unload" problem cannot be resolved, I would recommend
>   LSPPP version 0.74, which is the other version available
>   from my web site.
>3. Although I haven't mentioned version 0.8 (aka 0.766) of
>   LSPPP previously, this is also a reasonable version except
>   that the "automatic DNS configuration" feature is broken.
>   Generally, I would recommend versions 0.74 or 1.01 (1.0
>   is fine too, provided you have a "good" FIFO). Don't bother
>   with other versions.
>4. If you are trying to install LSPPP with Arachne on multiple
>   computers, you should definitely try my LSPPPCFG
>   package, this will save you a lot of work, especially if you
>   use different accounts/ISP's.

This already helps a lot, as I now have an idea which versions are
worth/necessary to test and which ones I can discard immediately.
I will try to reproduce the problems with my low-end PC/modem and the
unload bug with versions 0.74 and 1.01.

Regards
Christof



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