Kppp, pppd and Dialup Internet

[Irena & Richard Jenkins]

Hello everyone, and Happy Easter to you all...

I am confined to dialup internet at this location (my holiday house).  Recently, I tried upgrades on my holiday computer ... and installed a copy of Kubuntu (8.04).   Mostly it just works 100%, but I am having difficulties with a flakey pppd program ...

My login works ... and I begin to download mail.  After a couple of minutes for no accountable reason, the pppd fails ... and I lose the connection.  I remember that this is a known issue with pppd ... 

Could someone please direct me to a page/website where this issue is discussed ... and solutions suggested?

Thank you

Richard

PS   To developers: Please don't neglect those of us who are restricted to dialup.  I note that dialup is being moved over in favour of adsl type connections in newer distributions.  I am reduced to a mini- linux (puppylinux) just to have connectivity for the present.  Kubuntu runs so well on this 400MHz VIA-engined computer with 512 Megs of RAM, that it's a shame to not be able to use it to connect to the world.  Thanks again

R

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Irena and Richard Jenkins
'at the coast' ... 300Km south of Sydney, AU
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