> water in the phone lines. I have seen this for the past 3 years now and
> everytime the calls pour in and go away when it warms up and dries out.
> We have about 3 or 4 places in town that are especially sensitive.
>
> Good luck and I hope it is something you have some control over.
While I don't necessarily think that's this guy's problem (tho I'm not
saying it isn't either), we have noticed the same thing. Our primary
service area was pretty much under water during the flood last year and we
got nothing but 'cannot negoc' crap during the whole thing. Well, that
and disconnects.
The other things to check are these:
In control panel networks tcp/ip properties:
o WINS disabled (this has been a real kicker lately). I've had more
people call with theirs changed to use friggin DHCP server...ugh!)
o DNS disabled
o IP address obtained auto
In dialup networking icon properties:
o Logon to network turned off
o Only TCP/IP is checked in server types
o Server assigned IP address in tcp/ip settings
Also, it SEEMS (note, no proof of this at all) to help if you remove
everything except dialup adaptor and TCP/IP from control panel
networks...(client for microsoft is generally ok too). We recommend that
our customer set their machine up this way...windows 95 has a funny way of
changing settings automatically, so the fewer that are around to change
the better. Hope this helps (or at least doesn't hurt).
-- Jeff Carneal - Sys Admin - Apex Internet jeff@apex.net http://www.apex.net (502) 442-5363The opinions expressed above aren't really mine. They belong to someone else who also refuses to take responsibility for them.
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