Sorry, I'm sure everyone's sick of ppp problems on the list, but this one has me stumped :)
I have just set up a 486 running slink to be a dial-up server (ip masq, 2.3.3 kernel) for a couple win 98 boxes. It is getting many frame errors, seen when I run 'ifconfig ppp0'. The connection seems pretty unstable and inconsistent, i.e. icq works most of the time but sometimes sits and waits for a minute or so, pings miss about 1 out of 5 attempts, www is slow etc. I am using a Banksia 33k modem, also have a 56k V90 available but it seems to do worse! It is dialing into a US Robotics Total Control rack. Maybe the UART on the 486 is inadequate? The phone line? Something at the ISP? Any suggestions appreciated.
