RE: [TCLUG:18170] why disconnects?

[<andy@theasis.com>]

On Thu, 25 May 2000, Eric Hillman wrote:

> > On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 03:33:20PM -0500, Ben Luey
> > (lueyb@gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu) wrote:
> > > My housemate and I share a modem line between our computers. If he leaves
> > > his computer connected and goes to sleep and I try to connect with my
> > > computer, I can't dial in and his connection stays up. There is no way to
> > > kill his connection short of going into his room and disconnecting his
> > > computer. Yet if I'm online and he tries to dial in, my connection dies
> > > and before it realizes it and redials, his computer has already dialed and
> > > connected. This hardly sems fair. Is there an option in ppp for not
> > > hanging up on line noise and just waiting it out? What causes a connection
> > > to disconnect?
> > >
> > >
> > Getting rid of your housemate might work. :P
> 
> So would getting a DSL line.  But that's not really helpful advice, I suppose.
> 
> I assume you're sharing a phone line, not a single modem...

How about just arranging to actually share the connection, regardless of
who brought it up? Both boxes can be configured to do that, no? 

Then the only problem would be sharing the bandwidth. That's a
social/diplomatic problem, not a technical one. 

Andy

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