[H-GEN] Linux Problems

[Adil, Kim - Brisbane (Maintenance)]

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> I have been encountering several probleme over the past few months that
> have tended to force me away from Linux. The issues that cause me drama
> include dropped connections and non-existent connections on the net.
	[Adil, Kim - Brisbane (Maintenance)]  Lately I have had a few
dropouts. Often it takes 15 to 20 minutes before the performance picks up,
straight after connecting I can rarely get to freshmeat or slashdot but
after being online for 15 minutes prior to attempting, seems to download the
pages much quicker. (Maybe this just my imagination)
>  
> For example I dial in and try to connect to uq but the connection is not
> established and a message in my ppp log file indicates that the request
> by the modem for configuration was never returned. In addition, I drop a
> lot of connections after 30 mins, 1 hour or some such. I noticed a lot
> of these problem when I went to a Web-Excel 56 Kb modem which behaves
> impecably under Windows 9X. If I use Linux for a month my phone bill is
> $10 more than if I use Windows for a month.
	[Adil, Kim - Brisbane (Maintenance)]  I use kppp, and set up
multiple phone numbers as 
	separate connection names. When one is playing up I generally switch
to another. I may be 
	fooling myself but it seems to work.  
> Further, I am getting absolutely woeful performance using Netscape in
> Linux over Netscape in Win. The settings for both are the same.
	[Adil, Kim - Brisbane (Maintenance)]  Netscape is a dog over a
modem. I keep switching back to
	kfm, but there is no java or plugins so its a bit clunky. Lately I
have tried installing mozilla then installing 
	galeon. Galeon uses part of mozilla and they work very well
together.   In netscape, I tried to mail out a large file while downloading
from an ftp site and the two tasks battled for access to the modem line. FTP
downloads are extremely unreliable but some sites where downloads are
registered, like ibm and inprise jbuilder require you to get through a
series of web screens before you can download from the ftp site. It is
difficult to use other applications in these situations. Netscape 4.X is a
dog on linux, but it has been the most stable, full featured dog I have had
available for browsing commercial sites.
>  I am using Red Hat 6.2 ... is anyone else observing the same behaviour.
	[Adil, Kim - Brisbane (Maintenance)]  So am I using rh62 but I have
workarounds for most ills. I am 
	looking forward to kde2 which promises the world (full featured
browser and good kppp app) that should solve all our problems but the
hardwareones. 
> It is getting to the stage that ...when on the Internet, I use Windows
> for stability ... and you can imagine how difficult that is to
> contemplate.
	[Adil, Kim - Brisbane (Maintenance)]  Software - try mozilla and
galeon, hardware - ??? 

  Regards,
	Kim Adil 


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