Possible GPRS Connection Problems
Oct 23, 2003 | 1:48 pm
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Possible GPRS Connection Problems
Because the phone line is currently down (we have builders in and they buggered it up) I'm using my T610, a data cable and GPRS to connect my work laptop to the Internet (and yes, I do know the cost). All seems fine (slightly better than modem connection) accept:
i) Every so often, my laptop (NT4 model supplied by employer) beeps.
ii) When I check dial up monitor, it reports 23 CRC errors and 27 hardware errors.
Should I be worried? I've sent and recieved a couple of attachments to/from the office (both causing the beeping and subsequent error reports) and they've come out fine at the other end.
Regards
I
i) Every so often, my laptop (NT4 model supplied by employer) beeps.
ii) When I check dial up monitor, it reports 23 CRC errors and 27 hardware errors.
Should I be worried? I've sent and recieved a couple of attachments to/from the office (both causing the beeping and subsequent error reports) and they've come out fine at the other end.
Regards
I
Oct 23, 2003 | 2:22 pm
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GPRS will always have packet errors and resends, NT4 is just seemingly set up to whine when this happens, you might want to try turning on the "cellular modem" option in the preferences but if your speed it acceptable and connections don't drop then I wouldn't worry about it, NT4's dialup monitor is just a little more advanced than "normal" windows dialup.
Oct 24, 2003 | 12:03 pm
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Back to the land of modem now (and soon DSL when work is finished on the house).
Thanks all for the help. As it is basically working (and quite impressively), I think I'll just ignore the problem
Thanks all for the help. As it is basically working (and quite impressively), I think I'll just ignore the problem