Re:Serial port/modem/ppp problem...

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>- After about 60-80k, the connection falters and poops out. The 
download stalls and doesn't start up again >no matter how long I wait.
>-In the meantime, I can still hit other (non-cached) pages and even 
see (using kpppload) that the overall >connection is working fine. 
Just that 'stream' died.
>Here's what I'm working with...
>- RedHat 6.1 (almost fresh - very standard installation, I think)

Don't remember the kernel version for this one, please do a "uname -a"

>- USR external FaxModem (not WinModem)

What is the "init" string used by Windows?  Is it the same as on the 
Linux side?

>- KDE 1.1.2
>- KPPP 1.1.6

This may introduce variables I don't know about.

>Here's a kicker... I can dual boot to Windows on the same computer 
and it works great.
>No hiccups or stalls or anything.

Makes me think kernel 2.2.5 or a bad init string.

>I've tried to narrow down the problem by eliminating certain things. 
Here's what I've tried:
>- About a million things in /etc/ppp/options
> Another modem. Same problem.
>- All sorts of modem init strings.
>-Keep looking at ifconfig - The ERRORS tally climbs pretty fast when 
the hiccups happen!
>-Various changes using setserial

Have you set "debug" so you can actually see what the errors are?  Do 
you have "crtscts" set in your options file?

>So this seems to me, like it's got to be a problem with the serial 
port or modem initialization problem, right?

I would agree.

>I'm not within reach of that computer at the moment, but if you think 
it'd help to have the output of ifconfig or
>setserial or anything else, please let me know. I'd LOVE to finally 
let that rotten Windows partition go and >only use Linux at home, but 
this is stopping me for sure.
>Thanks very much - sorry this note got so long!

Better too much information than too little.