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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Modem dropouts with user mode ppp
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> When ftp'ing large files from my 2.1-R machine, my modem 
> connection will usually drop within a couple of minutes. Its is a 
> 28.8kbps modem, the port speed is 38400 (My ISP runs their ports at 
> 38400),

Note, the computer<->modem speed is irrelevant, except that the faster
you make it the better off you will be.  If your modem can handle it,
run your modems at 115K.

> Note this problem only occurs when the transfer is outgoing, and seems 
> more pronounced when the ftp session is started the on remote end.

Others have experienced the same problems, although I don't see them
when I run user-PPP.  Someone with more experience might known the
answer, but it isn't a new problem.


Nate