We noticed the same problem with GVC modems, after switching to
USRobotics, the problem went away.
We also got
"Error port Sx stopped too long - flushing packet queue"
after setting debug to 0x51
On 21 Oct 1996, James Hunter wrote:
> >Received: October 21, 1996 02:23pm Sent: October 21, 1996
> >02:18pm
> >From: paul@egate.net <UNIX.ASPENTECH.COM:paul@egate.net>
> >To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> >Subject: Win95 PPP just stops
> >Return-Path: <paul@egate.net>
>
>
>
> >I've been noticing a problem with our customers PPP connections. At first
> >I thought it was local to my machine which runs Win95 PPP Dial-Up
> >Networking from home. I will be in the middle of a PPP session and
> >suddenly nothing will go through. Everything stalls. I cannot ping
> >anywhere including the PM. The lights on my modem however seem to flash a
> >bit when I try these pings into nowhere. Today a customer using Trumpet
> >Winsock under 95 had the same problem. His FTP stalled after about 20
> >minutes without fail. The modem connection is fine and all. I'm not sure
> >how to diagnose this.. Which logs should I check or debug should I look
> >at? The problem is it always happens at home when I'm using my only modem
> >so it's hard to 'check the server end'
>
> For what's worth, someone in this mail group mentioned this problem and
> suggested changing:
>
> Framed-MTU = 1500
>
> to
>
> Framed-MTU = 753
>
> in the radius users file. I had the same problem and the change worked.
>
>
> James Hunter Office (206) 481 6325
> IS Manager Direct (206) 489 2537 x 102
> Aspen Technology Inc. Fax (206) 481 0506
> Seattle, WA 98011 Email james.hunter@aspentech.com
>
>