Re: FLASH: OT b&w mac modems (solutions)

[Frederico]

On 10/5/1999 8:38 AM, moo via

flashmimieux [dot] com

, said:


>i'm hoping federico can pipe in since he's my mac herobut as of yet i

>haven't a workable solution....and i see i'm not alone. its kind of

>disheartening reading all the postings at xlr8yourmac.com about this issue

>and there doesn't seem to be a consensus as of yet...


MacHero? Gee, golly . . . (;


OK, here's the scoop as I understand it:


The only folks having disconnect problems are those whose ISPs don't 

support multihoming PPP, or who've not properly configured either v.90 of 

K56Flex. 


 Those whose ISPs are setup properly do not experience this issue. It 

really is the ISP's fault at the heart of the whole thing, though it does 

seem as though it's Apple's (and then it's actually it's bloody 

GlobalVillage). Changing your ISP is the first obvious solution.


I know this doesn't help you much, but some of the workarounds have 

included making sure 'AppleTalk' is set to 'RemoteOnly', and that you 

have PPP set properly to avoid the disconnects and also to have TCP/IP to 

'Load Only When Needed'.


Try this thread (even though it addresses another problem) for the 

desired settings: 

http://discuss.info.apple.com/boards/powermac.nsf/ccb088a1de6aac738525631c0

067846b/C0D340AC4506E470862567F2003412C9?OpenDocument


Once you have the correct settings, you may just need to change your 

modem scripts to suit your ISP. 


Laz (my MacHero) has set up a nice set of do it yourself scripts to get 

the modem working as best it can:  

http://members.aol.com/modemscrpt/default.html


I also know that throwing money at problems isn't a palateable solution, 

either, but OS9's rework of the entire OpenTransport model seems to have 

also magically glossed-over the problem.


Finally, and I know the solution sucks, but if you replace the internal 

modem with a gPort card (Serial card for the modem slot), and revert to 

any external Serial modem, you'll be much happier, and also get voice 

capabilities. 


Apple will fix this problem eventually, if you can't find a way to get 

your ISP to fix the problem on their end. Until then, it's suffer or 

workaround it.


HTH


Frederico


~Don't let it end like this.  Tell them I said something.~

 

                     -- Pancho Villa upon his death



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