Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:21:25 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.* problems ... |
| |
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Dag Wieers wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > When I installed Red Hat on one of my systems, I noticed something > > > > strange in /etc/ppp/options. It was a single line with a single word > > > > which I don't remember. I deleted it, left nothing in the file > > > lock > > Yep! > > and what exactly is the reasoning behind it ? it works here (rh5.2 && > 2.2.*) _with_ 'lock' and connecting always worked fine. > > (i'm having disconnection on heavy load once in a while, which didn't > happen this frequently. but could 've been my provider anyway) > I don't know what it is/was supposed to do. Yes, I don't know everthing!! But, I had multiple hangups and very bad throughput until I deleted the damn thing!
My PPP link is set up with programs I wrote called 'connect' and and 'callback'. They always keep the line 8-bit clean and use hardware flow-control, not Xon/Xoff. So I don't have anything in my options files.
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.2.3 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |