Was the same ISP used with all the Linux versions that you tried ?
I suspect the problem is your ISP or a bad telephone line. There could a lot of
frames being lost and retried (by your modem if error correction enabled) which
would account for some of the pauses.
You may have to play with the PPP settings. You could try reducing the maximum
PPP frame lengths as this will improve the success rate of the frames going
through without error.
Trying pinging the dns server of you ISP and see if it is reliable and quick.
Dean.
Sean Oonamey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if anyone else was having problems
> connecting to the net with Linux. No matter what I
> use, RedHat or Mandrake, I have VERY poor
> connectivity. It is not uncommon for me to have to
> refresh a page 5-8 times before I can log on. What
> happens is this:
>
> I log on, try going to a page, say Slashdot, and part
> of the page will download but then the download
> stalls! I'm using Netscape 4.7 so at the bottom left
> of the screen its will say "stalled".
> Have I missed a step in the setup so that I'm not
> going through the right "port", for lack of a better
> word, or do I have to call my ISP and see if its on
> their end?
>
> Looking forward to your comments.
>
> Namoshay
>
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