Re: PPP Performance Tips

[Adam Tauno Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> "Check how many modem retrains are being performed during a connection"
> How does one go about checking this?

This all depends on the modem.  Some record statistics that you can see with
something like "at&v" that lists all the S registers,  it should say something
about that in your manual.  A low-tech way is to set the speaker always on and
with a high volume, and listed to how many times (if ever) the tone leaves the
"white-noise" range and sounds more like the initial negotiation tones.  That
isn't real reliable  (some modems can re-train very quickly, and it will never
get to the stage that you can hear), but sometimes you'll be suprised.  I run my
modem in a closet, and if things seem really poky or flaky I just stick my head
in.

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