Re: Connection Problems

> I have two problems to figure out.  When I call my server, I do not get a
> good connection unless I reboot first.  If not I get errors and the
> connection fails.  For some reason he is using y-modem.  Also I have times
> when the moden stops answering and takes a long time to initualize.  I am
> running a sposter that I upgraded to 33.6.


Not sure about the first one, but on the second one:

I had the same problem.  It only seemed to happen after DSZ/GSZ file
transfers, and only on one of my two modems.  I hit on the idea of checking
the profiles via AT&V and found they were totally scrambled.  For some
reason, the init string VA was sending wasn't fixing the problem.  However,
if I shut down the node and restarted it, it reinitialized fine and all was
well.

The only fix for me was eliminating the possibility of DSZ/GSZ transfers
occurring on the questionable modem.

I had a temporary fix where the start.v would write cmd?.flg to the
appropriate location.  I ran the BBS from a batch file which had a CHOICE
command which would restart after 15 seconds.

Users would still come back to a screenful of garbage sometimes after DSZ/GSZ
transfers, but when they logged off, at least the modem got reset by shutting
down/restarting.

But that wasn't satisfactory to me, so I just give my users VXY now.  Works
great for downloads, not so great for uploads.  All my nets now take place on
the non-offending modem, since I dial out for all of them.  That way I avoid
the iffy VXY recieves (full of errors).


BTW, I run with BNU fulltime, two nodes, under Win95 with 2- 14.4's.  I don't
have any trouble connecting with three different hubs.


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