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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9514 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12620 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3262 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!boulder!news.coop.net!village.org!not-for-mail From: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 18 Jul 1995 07:04:25 -0600 Organization: The Village Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3ugbgp$b8c@rover.village.org> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <id.VAPL1.0SA@nmti.com> <3uf3kc$d50@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3ufn1r$74m@locus.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rover.village.org In article <3ufn1r$74m@locus.halcyon.com>, Ralph Sims <ralphs@locus.halcyon.com> wrote: >In article <3uf3kc$d50@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, > <ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw> wrote: >>Our company (an ISP) set up a (somewhat experimental) Linux 1.2.5 box as a >>6-line PPP server - it crashes about every two days, the uptime is seldom >>longer than 1 week. Like a time bomb. We are planning to move to FreeBSD. > > [ Linux is rock solid for me ] Most parts of the Linux kernel have been rock solid for quite some time. However, even though my original Linux machine (0.99[a-p]) was like a rock when I wasn't running SLIP, it crashed and burned badly when I tried SLIP. Granted, at the time SLIP was less mature than it is today. Perhaps there is a similar instablity in the PPP code that is causing ywliu problems. It is also possible that it is a hardware problem. However, I needed SLIP at the time, so I moved to FreeBSD at the prodding of a certain OI customer who was keen on having a FreeBSD port of the product, but that is another story. However, I've been running a 1.1.5.1R router for our SLIP hub for about a year now (is it July already?) and it has been a rock once the hardware flakes were eliminated (a motherboard with built-in serial lines that were slow and you couldn't disable them was replaced). Warner -- Warner Losh "VMS Forever" home: imp@village.org Cyberspace Development, Inc work: imp@marketplace.com Makers of TIA, The Internet Adapter. http://marketplace.com/