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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9656 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12689 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3335 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!news.sinica!ywliu From: ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw () Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 20 Jul 1995 01:31:16 GMT Organization: Computing Center, Academia Sinica Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3ukbl4$7ao@gate.sinica.edu.tw> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <id.VAPL1.0SA@nmti.com> <3uf3kc$d50@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3ufn1r$74m@locus.halcyon.com> <3ugbgp$b8c@rover.village.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Warner Losh (imp@village.org) wrote: : 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 That's what we suspect. If we move to FreeBSD and PPP still crashes often, it may be the hardware failure. But first I should find another OS with stable PPP to make sure this. But anyway, we will move the PPP service to a new terminal server; I guess then our Linux box will be stable, with the heavy burden relieved. -- Yen-Wei Liu Internet e-mail address:ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw ywliu@gate.sinica.edu.tw FAX: +886-2-783-6444