Re: Need help with unexpected modem drops/disconnects

Michael Dillon (michael@junction.net)
Sat, 23 Sep 1995 10:47:31 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 22 Sep 1995, John R. Jamerson wrote:

> Got an ongoing beef from some users that they get kicked off the system
> after a minute or two with a "NO CARRIER" msg. Other users say the duration
> of the session prior to kick off varies. Got other users who either aren't
> getting kicked
> off, or are to lazy/whatever to gripe.
>
> I personally get kicked off the system after between one and two minutes _every
> time_ I call in from home -- and trust me, it's not an inactivity problem in
> my case.
> Then when I call right back, I can be on indefinitely.

Let me guess. You are a creature of habit and every evening at around 11
pm you log in to your system for an hour or so. Within 10 minutes you get
disconnected mysteriously.

If that is the time of day it happens, then it is probably the night
shift a the telco doing maintenance type things like rebooting switches
or whatever just after they come on shift.

Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022
Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130
http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com