Re: [PLUG] rp-pppoe and Verizon DSL

Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> · Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:34:06 -0400

Stephen Gran wrote:
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 03:43:03PM -0400, Art Alexion said:

Never seems to be up for more than a few minutes.  Always automatically 
reconnects in a few seconds, but it kills ISO downloads.
Do others have the same experience?  Suggested fixes?

It works fine at my parents house - it's sometimes even up for several
days at a stretch, although usually they're kicked off every two days or
so, and it has to reconnect.
Has this combination worked before, or is this the first attempt?  
When I got the service in June, I only had it on a Windows machine using 
WinPOET which Verizon supplies.  Not a problem then.  Reconnected to 
Windows and same thing -- no /detectable/ disconnects.  That is, the 
little modem lights in the systray never get the superimposed red X.  
anyway Windows is not set to automatically reconnect, and I have not had 
to manually reconnect.  That's why I thought it was something to do with 
rp-pppoe.  I am using yawmppp to monitor the connection and it has a 
little clock displaying the connection time and an error message when 
disconnected.  The time rarely exceeds a couple of minutes and mozilla 
often complains of a host not found.
I ask
because it sounds like a noisy line or something making the connection
drop.  You can play with various settings in pppoe to work aroud it, but
a filter or something may be the way to go.
Not sure that was helpful,

Would be if it was the same in windows.  That's why I wonder if there is 
any tune-up of rp-pppoe possible.

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