RE: [OT] - problems with multiple PPP adapters under w2k

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

John,

At the risk of being stupid, why not use ICS with the
"auto-reconnect"
and manage the scheduled dialling by simply scheduling a PING of a
remote host rather than trying to time the dialling directly???


Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher

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-----Original Message-----
From: John McManus [mailto:john.mcmanus@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 August 2001 10:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] - problems with multiple PPP adapters under w2k


Sorry that this is a little OT.  I could do with some help.

I have a BT Speedway ISDN PCI card (aka AVM Fritz card) in my Windows
2000 server.  I connect to BT Internet Anytime using it (NDISWAN
connection).  The connection is brought up / down by "Dialer
2000" which
I know some of you use (basically is built on top of the normal MS DUN
client, but allows for 'redials' automatically / at timed intervals).

When I first connect, things work fine and running IPCONFIG gives the
following results:

========================
D:\>ipconfig

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter BT Internet 0800:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.122.79.30
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 213.122.79.30

========================

But if I disconnect / reconnect I get the following:
D:\>ipconfig

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter BT Internet 0800:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter ?:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.122.172.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 213.122.172.129


========================

As the server is up & running, it makes / drops the connection during
the day and I get more & more of these PPP adapters appearing.  The
problem is that my Internet Connection Sharing software does not appear
to work properly after this second PPP adapter appears.

If I reboot the PC, everything starts working as it should.

My thoughts were that the driver for the ISDN card is the source of the
problems, but the tech support team for the card say the problem is
nothing to do with their s/w.

Thoughts / suggestions would be most welcome.