Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 1999 05:25:43 +0100 (CET) | From | Dag Wieers <> | Subject | Re: PPP and kernel 2.2.* problems ... |
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On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > and what exactly is the reasoning behind it ? it works here (rh5.2 && > > 2.2.*) _with_ 'lock' and connecting always worked fine. > > > > (i'm having disconnection on heavy load once in a while, which didn't > > happen this frequently. but could 've been my provider anyway) > > > I don't know what it is/was supposed to do. Yes, I don't know > everthing!! But, I had multiple hangups and very bad throughput > until I deleted the damn thing! > > My PPP link is set up with programs I wrote called 'connect' and > and 'callback'. They always keep the line 8-bit clean and use hardware > flow-control, not Xon/Xoff. So I don't have anything in my options > files.
# Specifies that pppd should use a UUCP-style lock on the serial device # to ensure exclusive access to the device. lock
if there's a correlation between having a UUCP-style lock and having hangups/bad throughput, i fear the worst ;)
but then again, crashing after 49 days doesn't make any sense either and i see nobody complaining -yet-
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