System Flakyness

[Craig White]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of George
> Toft
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 6:47 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: System Flakyness
>
>
> "me too!"
>
> I went from one crash per hour with Windows to one crash per year
> after switching to Linux.  Even after I replaced every component
> in the computer, and reinstalled Windows 54 times, I still had the
> crashes.
>
> Microsoft's knowledgebase said my problem was memory.
>
> More recently, my Windows system would crash once or twice a day.
> When I moved and stopped using the dial-up networking for DSL, which
> is how the Intel 2100 internal DSL modem is driven, the lockups
> stopped.
>
> George
>
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Not to change the subject or anything ;-)

I really have an intense dislike for the Intel 2100 DSL Modem - it is
marginal hardware at best and given the fact that I only seem to encounter
these with Qwest cheapest PPP accounts - I cower.

This said, I have seen a LOT of Cisco 678 (the model that Qwest is shipping
instead of the 675 these days) fail after a week or two (or a month or two)
so in general, the DSL hardware seems to leave quite a bit to be desired.

Craig