RE: Client Access disconnecting

["Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a WAN through RoadRunner (cable modem; non-static IP address) as well
as AT&T WorldNet and Earthlink dial-up accounts.

These weasels are continually pinging your connection to see if you're still
connected.  Even with a business account, I was getting whacked by
RoadRunner every hour in spite of their "published" standard of two hours.
I know because I'm getting murdered in CODE/400; my problems always start
with a "TCP: connection reset by peer" message showing up between four and
seven minutes past every hour.  Their solution?  Get a fixed IP address for
double the cost.  My solution involved suggesting where they could put their
fixed IP address---preferably sideways.

I experience plenty of connection problems related to ISP's; when I take my
laptop to my office with a LAN, it's extremely rare to come up against a
communications or CAX problem.

If you want an eye-opener, go to www.zonelabs.com and download the free
version of Zone Alarm.  I was amazed by the number of times ISP's (another
others) came knocking on my PC's door.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of James Rich
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:02 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Client Access disconnecting

Has anyone experienced these drops that *were not* using client access?

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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