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SubjectRe: PPP and kernel 2.2.* problems ...
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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