Sounds almost like you might be having problems with certain
	bit patterns...

	Could you try setting 'escape <most everything>' in the ppp
	options file to see if that helps?

	(Just a shot in the dark :)


		David/abs

  -- "Its hard to say it... I hate to say it... but its probably me..." --

On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Brain fried.  Explanation is in file core. wrote:

> Oh, there's more, which eliminates *.netbsd.org specifically.
> 
> If I do a netscape download of the new netscape (9MB), which usually takes
> me about an hour or a little more, it stalls out and (again) I get:
> 
>         .... pppd[pid]: Modem hangup
>         .... pppd[pid]: Connection terminated
> 
> This started happening, as near as I can recall, about the end of July
> which happens to be when pppd was rebuilt on starwolf.  I can't narrow
> it down definitively, though, unfortunately.  It's been performing
> relatively well at 19.2kbps until recently.
> 
> The funny thing was that I was having more problems with a reget than
> I was with a straight get on ftp, and I don't know why that is.
> 
> Kernel:
>     NetBSD 1.2G (STARWOLF) #5: Wed Aug 6 23:54:59 PDT 1997 \
>     greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/STARWOLF \
>     sparc
> 
> PPPD: -r-sr-xr-x  1 root  bin  114688 Jul 31 07:57 /usr/sbin/pppd
> 
> libc: -r--r--r--  1 bin       bin    484750 Jul 31 07:45 /usr/lib/libc.so.12.17
> 
> ...?pleH
> 
> 
> 				--*greywolf;
> --
> Assignment:  Think about and expound upon the possibilities of these two 
> questions.  What would the world be like today if
>     a)  the Roman Empire had been defeated early on? (religious implications)
>     b)  the Stock Market had not crashed? (economical/political implications)
>