I've got 9.3, and it woroks well, but I had to reinstall it. Reason: RPM Database was corrupted bad enough rpm -rebuilddb didn't work. In any case, that happened only after the YaST update and reconfigure.

Problem 2: My net kicks me off. I start it up, sit there for awhile, it runs fine for a few moments, then slows and then kicks me off.

I have a US Robotics Hardware modem that works well, and my connection via Windows seems to work fine more often then it does in SuSe. Any suggestions? Any other info, ask and I'll try to get it for ya.

It's probably something else, but for the record:

It's rare, but there are times when bad hardware will misbehave in one OS, but not another. My brother has a network card that doesn't always start in linux (sporadic) but works fine in windows. This might not be the network card itself, but is definatly hardware. I have also seen a video card that works perfectly will in linux, but really gives windows some major problems.

Verify that you have the right module, and good luck!

Give me an idea how to double check the module (I'm a newbie, and don't know all the commands, sry). I don't think its a support issue, and if there is any ways I coudl read the I/O over the 'net I'm getting, maybe its the ISP doesn't like Linux and has a hard time working with it?

I changed the idle out time to 0 seconds in YaST, and there is still a problem with the connection shuting off. Dialing goes will, but when it dies I get like an exit code 8

Any ideas?

There was no need to reinstall just repair would solve the issue
Boot from SuSE 9.3 DVD
Select Installation
Select Repair Installed System
Select Automatic Repair