> At feral, I also have an AlphaPC164 with a Znyx312 as de0 (21040) and some
> 21140 based 100BaseT card for the 100BT net at feral.

Hm.   That's pretty much what I have, except that my serial link is a
bit faster.   The time that I see the tcp stalls is when the
connection is off the local network - I didn't see them when I was
attached locally.   I wonder if that's coincidence or real.

			       _MelloN_