The problem I'm having is that my modem seems to regularly hang up. Most of the time, I'm able to connect ok, and everything functions normally, but after 10 minutes (on average), the modem will hangup, redial, connect and then hangup again 10 minutes later. Wvdial would report that the pppd daemon has died and had exited with code 16.

This never happens under Windows, so I'm guessing that the problem may lie in the modem drivers or in my cofiguration. I have made sure that the drivers match my modem, kernel version, etc. (I have a Conexant HCF modem), so if the problem is in the drivers, then I guess there isn't much I can do.

I'm hoping that it's a configuration problem, but I'm not sure how to start tracking the problem down. I've searched the forums, and found some suggestions, but none of them seemed to help.

If anyone can offer suggestions as to where I can start, that would be great!

Start by raising the idle value in /etc/ppp/options to, say, 60000 or so...

If you use something like yast (which I see that you don't), it would be the same, only in its configuration file.

I imagine that wvdial is the same (I don't use it).


John

I added an idle value (60000) to /etc/ppp/options, and a similar line to /etc/wvdial.conf, the wvdial configuration file. It doesn't seem to have any affect.

I've also noticed that while I'm browsing web pages, my connection activity would be normal, but on most occassions, there would be no activity for a few minutes, and it either hangs up, or returns to normal. This never happens in Windows, even if I'm browsing the same pages.

I've contacted my ISP's support division, but no one there was able to help. Although, they did say that it was more likely to be a problem with the drivers or modem.

I guess I'll still be using Windows for a while.

Check your lcp-echo-interval and lcp-echo-failure (in the same options file), what do they say?

And it's probably something to do with your pppd, and not your modem, it's a pain to setup.

How do you log on? kinternet? wvdial?


John

Both lines you mentioned have been commented out in the /etc/ppp/options file, but they have values:
#lcp-echo-interval 30
...
#lcp-echo-failure 4

I use wvdial for everything.

Try uncommenting the "lcp-echo-interval 30". I think that it should act as a "stay alive" ping.

But I can't imagine why you would need it.


John

That seems to fix it. It's definately a lot more stable than what it used to be. Hopefully there will not be anymore problems with this. Thanks for the help!

Whew! You don't how close I was to having to use the "two tin cans with a string" suggestion


John