Re: [TCLUG:18170] why disconnects?

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

You can also pick up the phone and whistle down it just right and that'll
cause a hang up.  I got pretty good at that at college.

Eric F Crist <ecrist@ardent-hacker.net> writes:

> On a more technical side, if your housemate is physically between you and the
> demarc within the house, odds are, his computer will win any phone war.  Since
> he will be closer to the demark, he will get a much improved quality
> connection.  When he's on the line, and you try to dial with your computer,
> your connection is interrupting AFTER his connection, however, when his
> computer tries to dial, he's interrupting BEFORE your computer.  If you don't
> want to be civil, and you want to win this war, take apart a phone jack, and
> touch the red and green wires together.  This will essentially put signals into
> a loop and should interrupt the call.
> 
> l8r
> 
> Eric F Crist
> ecrist@ardent-hacker.net
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 May 2000, you wrote: > 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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