Fix for PPP dialup delay problem available

Feb 28, '02 02:12:47AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Those of us who use PPP dialup connections may have noticed an annoying system freeze that lasts moments (or minutes) from the "connect" command until the modem starts dialing. There is a fix for this problem on a MacNN forum.

Of note is the first message and the URL to get a revised AppleSCCSerial.kext. I am not savvy enough to fully understand the issue here, but it's something to do with a bug in the Mach kernel memory allocation.

Anyway, I have been using the revised kernel extension for a couple of days and the improvement has been dramatic. Check it out!

[Editor's note: I believe this fix is due to be rolled out with the next system update, based on an email exchange I saw on an OS X mailing list ... but if you'd like it now, it's available. I can't vouch for its effectiveness.]

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