I'm familiar with UNIX and the command line but a novice, so please be gentle with me. Also, please forgive me if this is the wrong forum. I just figured the UNIX geeks would have the solution for my problem. :-)
Here's my problem... I have an ISDN line (because where I live in the sticks it's that or a 19kb dial up). Lately I've been having a frequent problem with my connection getting dropped at the terminal adapter (ISDN modem) and then Internet Connect in OS X gets "out of sync."
I'm quite sure the root cause of the problem is with my 3Com ISDN TA (modem) or (more likely) the ISDN line itself and not with OS X. The problem is that when it happens, the TA is disconnected -- no lights on indicating channels connected on the ISDN -- but Internet Connect just perpetually shows "Disconnecting" and there seems to be nothing I can do to correct this.
As it is now, when this happens I have no choice but to reboot (which always fixes it). But I know my ignorance is forcing unnecessary reboots. There must be a better way.
Please help. Is there some way I can quit and restart Internet Connect from Process Viewer or the command line? (Not the app -- the menubar icon for IC and the app both show the same thing regardless of how many times I quit and relaunch IC.) I've not seen anything in Process Viewer that looks like it would be the Internet Connect "service" (for lack of a better word). Whenever this happens, pppd disappears from the process list.
So, it seems I really am disconnected but Internet Connect doesn't know it and is stuck in a "disconnecting" mode forever.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Digitalcowboy
G4 Yikes
OS X 10.2.4
512MB RAM
3Com ISDN TA (USB)
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