>>>>> "Brett" == Brett Lymn <blymn@baea.com.au> writes:

Brett> get responded to.  I have seen this behaviour when the other end is
Brett> both a Xylogics annex and a Cisco router.  My modem is configured for

Xylogics annex---I'm sorry for you.

Try turning off RFC 1323 (sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0).  Whenever I
left it enabled and tried PPP to the Xylogics annex at my employer, the
link would go dead as soon as I did anything real on it.

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