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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:06:40 +1100
From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
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To: Samium Gromoff <_deepfire@mail.ru>
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Subject: Re: testXX and PPPD 2.4.0-release
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Samium Gromoff wrote:
> 
>          DESCRIPTION:
>      Happen on 2.4.0-testXX, doesnt on 2.2.X
>      pppd 2.4.0-b2,b4,release, ppp async in kernel
>      Sportster 14400 Vi (if that hell does matter)
>       AND! UART 16450!
>      I`ve described such a problem to PPP maintainers
>    about half-year ago, but got nothing.
> 
>      Now it looks like that this problem is /tolerable/
>   in 2.4.0-testn; n>7, even when in older tests i was     just a small hell.
> 
>          PROBLEM ITSELF:
>     ~12.5% of small file transfers stalls at beginning,
>     when modem lights still flashes and ppp0 interface
>     error count significantly grow. it looks like
>     data is there, but ppp refuses to take it.

Try disabling PPP compression.  I've observed link failures
when using BSD compression against certain dial access
gateways.

In /etc/ppp/options:

nobsdcomp
deflate 0,0
noaccomp
noccp
nodeflate
nopcomp
nopredictor1
novjccomp
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