Isn't 50 feet the limit? A recent T1 customer had almost 100ft of CAT5,
which didn't work, but I finally asked... duh!
>Also, could the receive level be contributing to the Lost-Carrier problem
>people are experiencing (including us: 34.8% when using 3.5.1b11,
>but only 5.1% when using 3.5.1b8)?
What I wonder about is the "Normal Modem Disconnect" reason in the logs.
On several occasions our techs have checked the logs after they were
disconnected, ie dropped, and found this reason.
I don't consider dropping the connection normal, at least for most brands
of modems. 8-0
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Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator
jeff@mixcom.net
MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990