> I've actually been seeing that the M$ dialup programs (proven some
> versions of win95 suspected in IEK for win31...) seem to have some
> weird behavior here to... I KNOW that I can get cut off on a shorter
> tiome limit than the PM when doing a DL... so I don't think that
> this is just a PM problem..
This is the case on our Annexes too. We found that IBM MWave and USR
Sportster 28.8s are the worst for it.. though the 33.6 from USR
and a driver for the MWave both work.
Win95 also seems to be the biggest culprit.. the USR Sportster 28.8s
semi-work with 3.1 and Macs (read USR = Buggy)
> > >We have a customer complaining that he gets cut off in the middle
> > >of =
> > long
> > >downloads. I seem to remember a discussion on whether the PM
> > >idle =
> > timer
> > >"sees" outgoing traffic on its serial port.
> >
> > We had a customer with the same problem when he used wsftp. He
> > got a = utility called "ponger" I believe that send a ping once
> > every 5 minuets = and that fixed it. =20
This would be my last guess since they are downloading something..
Good luck...
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