Re: SCNetworkConnectionStart sometimes won't dial.
Re: SCNetworkConnectionStart sometimes won't dial.
- Subject: Re: SCNetworkConnectionStart sometimes won't dial.
- From: Jonathan Wight <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:44:42 -0400
On May 19, 2004, at 16:39, Dave Camp wrote:
>
I don't know if this is related, but I'll throw it out and see what
>
happens...
>
>
Our app has had a long standing problem with the modem not being ready
>
to make a PPP call if we initiate the call immediately after creating
>
our network location. In other words, if we create our network
>
location with all of our PPP settings and then ask OT to start the PPP
>
session, it will almost always fail. Subsequent connections sometimes
>
fail as well.
>
>
What we discovered was that there is some amount of time we have to
>
wait after setting the network location before asking OT to start PPP.
>
Five seconds seems to cover all the cases, although the specific
>
amount of time needed seems to vary by machine model. With the delay
>
in place, calls work perfectly (other than the user complaints about
>
slow PPP connection times...)
>
>
We were hoping the new SCF PPP APIs in Panther would fix this, but we
>
have not had a chance to try them.
This sounds just like what I've been seeing.
I've toyed with putting in a delay but would definitely consider that a
last resort.
Wish I had an a real fix though.
Jon.
[demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s]
_______________________________________________
macnetworkprog mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/macnetworkprog
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.