[ale] KPPP/modem init string & fonts under web browser.

[bmurphy at powerh.net (Brian K. Murphy)]

I installed Mandrake 6.1 on a system last night and set up a dial-up
connection to the I-net.  Not something that I had ever done before under
Linux and I am very pleased with how little time it really took.  I have one
little question.  I noticed that web pages load slower than on my Windoze
machine.  Now, I know it's not the OS so it must be the settings in the KPPP
program.  Specifically, my guess is that I need a good init string for my
modem.  It seems to me that KPPP just loads a generic string.  I have a USR
56k V.90 modem (external).  Anyone have any suggestions about settings under
KPPP that would improve performance??

Second question, I have noticed in the past (on several machines actually)
that on many web pages under Netscape/Linux the fonts are all screwy.  It is
really tiny and really hard to read.  Now, I have even found some pages
under IE and Windoze that do the same thing.  Any suggestions???  Its
driving me crazy!!

Thanks

Keith Murphy