Re: PPP runs bad

[Bill Crawford <bill syseng netcom net uk>]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, A.J. Werkman wrote:

> I have two rh7.0 boxes connected over a serial PPP line.
>
> When I ping from one to the other I see a packet loss of about 15-20%.
> The packet loss is very consistent in the sense that more or less exact
> every thenth and eleventh packet is lost.
>
> The boxes run over a leased line. But the packets are also lost when I do a
> direct modem-modem connection and even whith a direct serial cable
> connecting the two.

 Sounds like one of two possibilities: lack of hardware flow control,
and/or one modem is slightly faulty and is not synchronising with the
clock speed of the other's data.

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Bill Crawford, Unix Systems Developer, GTS Netcom
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