Re: 2.2.11 ppp slowdown && issues

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:17:07 +0100 (BST)


> When saturating the connection (a V.90 connection,say by downloading
> a news active file), if I issue a ping, I get lots of messages about
> byte 8 not being correct:

That is a bug in the ping client when frames take over a second to return
not a kernel bug.

> Secondly, if I start two simultaneous ftp downloads, the ppp
> connection will appear to hang. I can see by the TX light on my modem
> that packets are being sent, and by the RX light that packets are
> coming back, but "ifconfig ppp0" reports RX and frame errors on every
> packet.

That would suggest your serial port is not keeping up with the data.
What sort of machine is this ?

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