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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:28852 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3979 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!bhhome.bh.org!bill From: bill@bhhome.bh.org (Bill Heiser) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Can your beer do this? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 5 Nov 1994 03:31:30 GMT Organization: A private home system Lines: 18 Message-ID: <39euai$81q@wizard.pn.com> References: <38mlrk$h93@nyx10.cs.du.edu> <38mtlc$8ce@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <hpa.41cf0000.I.use.Linux@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bhhome.bh.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. -- Bill Heiser: bill@bh.org PGP public key available upon request.