Re: Drop Carrier

John G. Thompson (jgt10@livingston.com)
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 12:15:56 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Stavros Patiniotis wrote:
>
> > ComOS 3.3.3 isn't likely to make much difference.
> >
> > > Is this a problem with the pm2e or would it be more likely to be a user
> > > problem?
> >
> > If the termination cause is Lost-Carrier the PM didn't do it. That is
> > just reporting that the DCD signal was dropped.
>
> That's good. So does that mean that Radius error messages are accurate?

They are accurate in reporting what the PM saw happening.

> > The problem could be your modem, the phone lines or the user's modem.
>
> Ok, I noticed that in control panel, under system (WINDOWS 95), Device
> manager, and then select the properties of the modem com port, that it is
> not set to a reasonable baud and flow control is on XON/XOFF. Would this
> matter EVEN if under the modem settings, it is set to use HARDWARE flow
> control?

If this is on the remote end from the PM, I don't know if it matters. As
long as the modem and the system are inharmony about the config, it
shouldn't matter.

I wouldn't recommend XON/XOFF for high speed stuff.

JGT

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