> -----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 > ---- 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