Re: Earthlink not helping.

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From: "Lokrin" <redhat@xxxxxxxxxx>

> jdow wrote:
> 
> >From: "Lokrin" <redhat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >  
> >
> >>THANKYOU JDOW!  *kisses*
> >>
> >>Ok, I went to the ifcfg-earthlink file and made the following changes:
> >>(basically I made it match the ifcfg-seanet file)
> >>
> >># Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> >># for the documentation of these parameters.
> >>ONBOOT=no
> >>USERCTL=yes
> >>PEERDNS=yes
> >>TYPE=Modem
> >>DEVICE=ppp1
> >>BOOTPROTO=dialup
> >>
> >>(The below I was playing with and were all off before)
> >>AC=off (was on)
> >>BSDCOMP=off (was on)
> >>VJCCOMP=off (was on)
> >>CCP=off (was on)
> >>PC=off (was on)
> >>VJ=off (was on)
> >>
> >>LINESPEED=115200
> >>MODEMPORT=/dev/ttyS4
> >>PROVIDER=Earthlink
> >>
> >>(I'll assume it was this line.  What does it do anyway?)
> >>DEFROUTE=yes (was no)
> >>(And what is this?)
> >>PERSIST=yes (was no)
> >>
> >>PAPNAME='ELN/lokrin2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' (didn't have ELN/ prefix)
> >>WVDIALSECT=Earthlink
> >>MODEMNAME=Modem0
> >>DEMAND=no
> >>IPV6INIT=no (was yes)
> >>IDLETIMEOUT=600
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Um, I'd leave the compression on. My experience is that turning it off
> >means Earthlink rejects the call.
> >{^_^}
> >
> >  
> >
> Well, I'm using Earthlink right now.  Any particular compression?  Or 
> does it matter?

Enable them all. Let the ppp negotiation sort it out. They use mostly
rather modest compression in some locations. I doubt it's the same
everywhere, though.

{^_^}


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