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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:29170 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4018 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!netnet2.netnet.net!enterprise!bl03 From: bl03@enterprise.acc.uwrf.edu (Benjamin A Lindstrom) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Can your beer do this? Date: 7 Nov 1994 23:08:21 -0600 Organization: NetNet, Inc. Wisconsin's Leading Internet Provider Lines: 27 Sender: news@netnet2.netnet.net Message-ID: <39n145$246@netnet2.netnet.net> References: <38mlrk$h93@nyx10.cs.du.edu> <38mtlc$8ce@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <hpa.41cf0000.I.use.Linux@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu> <39euai$81q@wizard.pn.com> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bill Heiser (bill@bhhome.bh.org) wrote: : H. Peter Anvin (hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu) wrote: : : I have run a Linux system for over a year directly connected to the : : Internet providing a whole slew of services. I can safely say that : : while the pre-1.0 kernels were a bit iffy in their stability, current : : kernels are rock-solid; with the possible exception that kernels past : Unfortunately this does not seem to be the case with SLIP/PPP connections. : I've been running kernels starting with .99PL13, and have consistently : seen both SLIP and PPP sessions HANG when I try to do multiple things : over them. I would love to solve this problem. At the moment I am : almost at the point of throwing in the towel and switching to FreeBSD. : But I will miss LINUX. I've been using slip now for a few weeks, and besides the problem with dropping within the first 20 secs of connecting I have had not problems. Now configuring slip with the docs at hand is something that was not fun!! From what I've heard a lot of Linux Patchs break the SLIP/PPP. This is something that worries me. Anyone else notice this? : -- : Bill Heiser: bill@bh.org : PGP public key available upon request.