Try 'netstat -tc' in one window & then use lynx in another what you will find that lynx is just a whole lot more resource conservative than netscape . Hth, JimL On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 mgribov@kplab.com wrote: > a strange thing... if i run lynx or some other user runs it, accesses a > website and gets all the data, netstat in any of it form or option will not > show any http connections... why not? if netscape is loaded, and you do > netstat you will see http connections, in most cases close_wait state, but > they will still be there. with lynx - nothing. how come? > max +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu