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