[plug] Modem disconnects

[Bernard Blackham]

On Tue, 15 May 2001, Aunty Jack wrote:
> Of course you _have_ got "call waiting" disabled ?
> 
> i think it's *43# or some such to turn it off.

*43# turns it on
#43# turns it off
*#43# tells you if it's on or off...

> Im trying to work out why my modem randomly disconnect from my isp
> I need to know if the fault is at my end or there's
> when the modem disconnects  I get
> May 13 04:52:32 linux pppd[9070]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> May 13 05:03:40 linux pppd[9219]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
>  In my /var/log/messages

Does /var/log/debug or /var/log/daemon (?) or anything offer any more
insight? On some systems (Debian at least IIRC), pppd will dump some extra
debugging info into there. 

Regards,

Bernard.

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 Bernard Blackham
 bernard at blackham.com.au