I was having a problem similar to this. At least with certain web/ftp sites. For instance I tried to download the Helix desktop about a hundred times and the connection would die within a couple minutes every time. Windows downloads worked fine connected to the same modem pool at my ISP. Then recently my ISP (Bitstream) switched me to a new modem pool and now my Linux downloads have stopped dying. I would suggest trying a different ISP (like realtime.com which is supportive of Linux) or checking if your ISP can switch you to a new modem pool. Brady >Hiya, > >I have Debian Linux installed on my computer and an external modem. >When I attempt to download anything (like the 2.4.0 kernel for example) my >download constantly cuts out. By this I mean, a connection (ftp or http) >starts, gets a download rate of about 4kb/sec, downloads for about 8 >seconds, translating to around 30kb of data, and then it just stops >receiving. >This is very frustrating. > >Now, I have tried 2 external modems, and get the same results. Also, I can >download things over a Windoze partition on the same box without these >problems. >I am using an external US Robotics 56k Faxmodem. > >I don't see anything in the ppp logs. I also don't see anything in syslog. > >If I am doing something like openssh or telnet, the connection does not >drop for a long time - perhaps because I am typing something in....but >after seemingly random amount of time, I will suddenly not be able to >converse with the other end. I end up having to drop my ppp connection and >reconnect to start again. > >If it didn't work with Windoze either, I would guess it would be my ISP, >but since it works, I am not sure what is going on here. > >____ >Mike > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list