On Tue, 25 Nov 97 15:59:50 -0400,
wb2oyc <WB2OYC@BELLATLANTIC.NET> wrote:
> OK, I think I've asked this question before; quite awhile ago actually,
> but I'm also sure I did.

I don't remember your previous post on this problem, but it's kinda
hard to tell your network topology, what works, and what doesn't, from
the description below.

> Here it is: I often use a Linux box as my router when connecting to work.

So you have a LAN at home and the Linux box is the router.  Ok, so
far.  Is the problematic Mac hooked up on the LAN?

> Under certain circumstances, attempting to telnet from this Mac running
> NetBSD to a system at work, crashes the link (PPP) between that Linux box
> and work.

When you say "it crashes", exactly what happens?  pppd gets killed?
Or carrier gets dropped?  If it's the carrier, do you have any idea
which end (your Linux box or the modem at work) drops it?

Also, does only telnet do it?  Or any other app?

> THE ONLY SYSTEM THAT CRASHES THE LINK IS NETBSD!  Does anyone know
> why this happens, or can take a stab at it?

I'm sorry to say this, but there are too many variables involved here
even to speculate what's going wrong.

Ken