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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10064 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12899 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3554 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uchinews!quads!goer From: goer@quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) Subject: Unstable PPPD (was Re: Internet service providing-which OS?) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: midway.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <DC0pMB.DqB@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Reply-To: goer@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: The University of Chicago References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3uf3kc$d50@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3ufn1r$74m@locus.halcyon.com> <3ukaug$7ao@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 14:01:23 GMT Lines: 15 A recent poster wrote: > >I used to suspect the hardware problem, but never got any conclusion. Now >my company (an ISP) exploits a Linux 1.2.5 with a Boca 16port card, the >PPPD (or kernel ? though message shows it's PPPD's fault) crashes all >the time. The only time I've ever experienced a total and complete lockup using a Linux box was while using pppd. It tends to happen during initial proto- col negotiations with the remote daemon - especially when the negotiation doesn't succeed or the remote modem drops carrier. -- Richard L. Goerwitz *** goer@midway.uchicago.edu