Running LM7.2, I use kppp. When connected, I keep the "kppp Statistics" window up all the time to watch what is happening. I have found that I rarely get a continuous flow of data, except for some times when I may have 6 or so wgets running at the same time. I realise that transient conditions do affect things considerably, but the up-and-down nature of the traffic graph - including periods of no throughput - seems a bit much. I have also noticed that when the local CPU is doing work of any significance, throughput dies. I wouldn't have thought it should have any major effect on PPP traffic. Sometimes, it gets to the point when no high-level protocol will move any data at all unless I reset my modem and re-dial - re-establishing the ppp link. Things like DNS lookups, and ntp work, but HTTP, NNTP, and FTP seize up completely. I have examined everything I can find, including all log files I can find, but cannot find anything to tell me what is happening. Is this normal? Or, what should I be looking for? Brian Schroeder _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
