Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 20:17:55 +1100 (EST) From: Iain Templeton <iaint@cu-seeme.educ.utas.edu.au> To: Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez <victor@usac.edu.gt> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modem problem... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961215201239.12122B-100000@cu-seeme.educ.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.93.961212071234.12102A-100000@ns.usac.edu.gt>
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On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez wrote: > When I dial-in (from a PC with windows), everything looks fine, I can > telnet and stay connected an hour if I want... but when I try to use > anything that posses some more load to the connection, like an ftp, web > browser, IMAP connection, etc. the modem hangs up (I don't know which > modem hangs). It doesn't just happen to me, but to every other users, so I > think the problem may be in the server. The pppd log just reports a > "hangup" signal received, and a normal program exiting. > I have had something similar, but with Netscape causing things to just hang up, although I haven't had it happen to me as yet. I do have problems with dialin shells though, they after displaying large amounts of scrolling text (quickly that is), the line just freezes, and I have to hang the modem up. > I tried reducing modem speeds, as low as 9600, but it didn't help. Even so, it could be that you are on a PABX. I believe that is the cause of all my problems (especially since this applies to different modems and server machines). I was told that another place couldn't get more than 2400. > P.S. Anybody knows about a good document, stating the > advantages/disadvantages of Windows NT vs Unix (specially as Internet > servers)? I think unix is about to die in my country, due to the boom of > NT and lazy people who want everything to be as easy as drag-and-drop, > sacrifying (IMHO) power and flexibility :-( > A friend of mine told me that a FreeBSD machine running on a 486DX/33 with dodgy hardware outperformed a Pentium 1xx (133 I think), with plenty of memory, when serving WWW pages. Iain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iain Templeton: (iain@ugh.net.au) Computer Systems Engineering (Summer break, 1st/2nd year) Also some UNIX administration (but NOT at the Uni) University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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