From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 15 01:21:36 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id BAA07309 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:21:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from cu-seeme.educ.utas.edu.au (cu-seeme.educ.utas.edu.au [144.6.16.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id BAA07304 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:21:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from iaint@localhost) by cu-seeme.educ.utas.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA12136; Sun, 15 Dec 1996 20:17:55 +1100 Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 20:17:55 +1100 (EST) From: Iain Templeton To: Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modem problem... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.