In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
> I've been test driving LSPPP V. 7.64 for a month or so. The good news for
> me is I got it to establish a connection after tweaking its timeouts,
> compared to previous versions. The bad news is that internet applications
> seem to perform badly compared to epppd, which I used for years with no
> clear trouble.

What is 7.64 (?) supposed to do better than 0.75 ?

...
> With all the praise of LSPPP, I wonder if it is me or memorex? I have
> not problem loading EPPPD high, even though it is bigger than LSPPP.
> I am told it has a ``memory leak'' meaning, if one surfs the web with
> say, dos lynx, data will build up in RAM over time and not get purged.
> 
> Is there another ``old'' packet driver that does not have EPPD's problem
> I can use? Am I odd person out for continually noticing problems with
> LSPPP, where others see an improvement? Since a packet driver is
> critical to using the internet with dos, this is important to me.

I don't believe the stories about DOSPPPD's memory problems other than 
it's size. For the best part of a year I automatically logged the memory 
map before and after online sessions and even with several hours activity 
never has a sniff of a leak. LSPPP was equally clean. Both load high 
without problems under the DRDOS Taskmgr. I do however suffer far more
packet losses with LSPPP than DOSPPPD while a friend on a different
phone exchange finds that LSPPP is better than DOSPPPD. So far as I can 
see they each handle errors/line timing differently and which is better 
for you will depend on the sort of errors you encounter. However,
overall I rate them about the same for speed and reliability with the
proviso that LSPPP is far smaller and it's DNS config'ing may be worth
having, while DOSPPPD's diagnostics are far superior. While DOSPPPD 
appears to be dead, LSPPP, at least in theory, is still alive.
What it boils down to is, use whatever works for you.

Alex.
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