Help, I can only download ~< 120M chunks over PPP on kernel 2.2.2

[servis@purdue.edu]

I am running slink with the 2.2.2 kernel and I can't seem to download
more than about 120M of data at once.  Downloads just stop and do not
start up again.  If I abort and resume then things pick up where I left
off but only for another chunk and it stops again.  An example is when
I am trying to update my Package files with apt.  Below cut and paste
of what is happening.  This is not an apt issue because I get the same
result with wget, Netscape, etc.  This is just a good example.  Has
anyone else seen this?  What is the cause/fix?  Thanks.


Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/contrib Packages
Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/main Packages                               
16% [Packages 97500/490k 19%]                                                  
update available list script was interrupted. <=== it stopped so I ^C'ed
Press RETURN to continue.

(note: I change my sources.list to use ftp instead of http to see if it
 made a difference)

{root@brian}{archives}[136]>dselect
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/contrib Packages
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/main Packages  
20% [Packages `Resuming (97500)' 128000/490k 26%]                              
update available list script was interrupted.
Press RETURN to continue.

Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/contrib Packages
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/main Packages  
41% [Packages `Resuming (128000)' 291000/490k 59%]                             
update available list script was interrupted.
Press RETURN to continue.

Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/contrib Packages
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/main Packages  
52% [Packages `Resuming (291000)' 369000/490k 75%]                             
update available list script was interrupted.
Press RETURN to continue.
    
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/contrib Packages
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/main Packages  
62% [Packages `Resuming (369000)' 448000/490k 91%]                             
update available list script was interrupted.
Press RETURN to continue.

Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/contrib Packages
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/main Packages  
Get ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov frozen/non-free Packages                            
Fetched 584k in 14s (40.5k/s)                                                  
Updating package file cache...done
Updating package status cache...done
Checking system integrity...ok
Merging Available information
Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available.
Information about 2651 package(s) was updated.


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