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From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: FreeBSD, TCP hangs...
Date: 25 Oct 93 23:42:01
Organization: Lotus Development Ireland
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <JKH.93Oct25234201@whisker.lotus.ie>
References: <2a6ofc$lac@nigel.msen.com>
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In-reply-to: jims@garnet.msen.com's message of 21 Oct 1993 19:38:20 GMT

>starboard.com is maintained via slip connection over 9600 baud phone line.
>About once or twice a week, the TCP just hangs- frequently, but not
>always, during active communication.  Killing the slattach process and
>rerunning it always restores communication.

Never seen this one.  Are you sure carrier isn't dropping on the line?
What does slattach say on the console - anything?

				Jordan
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(Jordan K. Hubbard)  jkh@violet.berkeley.edu, jkh@al.org, jkh@whisker.lotus.ie

I do not speak for Lotus, nor am I even a Lotus employee.  I am an independent
contractor.