a/some setting or something must be wrong...
that's all we use is gvc/maxtech and they absolutely scream...
no probs... well.. at least none that cannot be solved with a lil
digging...
comos 3.3.1c1
--->
Robert H. Hanson LAN/WAN Consultant - Internet Service Provider
Otis Orchards, Wa. Cutting Edge Communications www.cet.com
(509) 927-9541 finger: info@cet.com or email: roberth@cet.com
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Mike Blackstock wrote:
> COMOS 3.14
>
> Windows 95 is the culprit 95% of the time. We have noticed a few trends.
>
> 1) The connection ALWAYS hangs when trying
> ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom/win95/doom95.zip
>
> 2) We substituted one one our GVC modems with a USR Sporster V.34 and
> voila, the hang problem was gone (although we had to tinker with the init
> string a bit).
>
> 3) Upon changing the MTU (from 1500 to 562) on the port, we were able to
> accelerate the problem (ie. almost immediate hang) ??
>
> We have e-mailed the President of GVC and HOPE that we get a reply soon
> (as we have invested in a few GVC modems and hate to have to GIVE them
> away!!).
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Michael J. Hartwick wrote:
>
> > Mike, have you noticed any pattern with the system at the users end? We
> > have noticed similar things, but it seems to be people with Windows 95
> > that get frozen. Since this really isn't Linux related I am not sending
> > this to the list. When the error shows up next try show s1 and note the
> > status of the CTS (+ or -). Also what ComOS are you using?
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Mike Blackstock wrote:
> >
> > >We have a Livingston Portmaster PM2ER-30 with GVC-28.8 modems
> > >connected.
> > >
> > >We have been getting errors for the last week:
> > >
> > >error: port S1 stopped too long - flushing packet queue
> > >
> > >The connection then hangs (our modems stop transmitting data).
> > >
> > >This happens 9 times out of 10, on each of our active ports and only
> > >with dialup PPP connections. We checked the phone lines and
> > >hardware flow control is locked on both ends.
> > >
> > >Anyone else ever seen this ?
> > >
> > >We are running Linux 2.0 on a pentium 166
> > >
> > >Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated
> > >
> > >
> > >Michael Blackstock
> > >Ontario Internet Link
> > >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Michael J. Hartwick, VE3SLQ
> > Hartwick Communications Consulting
> > hartwick@primeline.net
> >
>