Re: Annoying pauses

Brian Rice (bri@whitestone.com)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 19:30:46 -0700 (PDT)

> > Well, ping is a really awful way to test performance, but that aside this
> > can occur when any one (or more) of the following are true:
> >
> > Your modem is in re-train state.
>
> Bingo. I checked this after logging out and saw hundreds of packet

Hey, nice to see I haven't lost my touch. :-)

> I was pinging the portmaster, I knew better than to try anything other
> than the portmaster. Seems the portmaster was doing just fine.

Hey, nice to see the PortMaster hasn't lost its touch. :-)

> Another user however is using a Macintosh and an internal GlobalVillage
> modem. At this point I suspect his modem as being defective.

Uh, yeah, we have had _alot_ of problems with GV modems inside Macs here
at Livingston. Hmph, and to think GV is a Livingston customer...

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Bri