You (Manuel Bouyer) said:
> 
> Hum, I use ppp with 1.3 at both end, without problems. But I use
> mru/mtu of 296, as I always read email while transfering big files :)

This turned out to be the problem.  I had an MRU of 104 from a previous
incarnation of PPP (the options file has been around with me :) and that
caused the weirdness.  Any opinions on what n optimal MTU/MRU would be
for a USRobotics 56K X2 modem?

Nate 

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