Index: zaptel.c
===================================================================
--- zaptel.c	(revision 875)
+++ zaptel.c	(working copy)
@@ -1301,6 +1301,8 @@
 	fasthdlc_init(&ms->txhdlc);
 	ms->infcs = PPP_INITFCS;
 
+	netif_start_queue(ztchan_to_dev(ms));
+
 #ifndef LINUX26
 	MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
 #endif	
@@ -1313,9 +1315,14 @@
 #ifdef NEW_HDLC_INTERFACE
 static int zt_net_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	hdlc_device *h = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
-	struct zt_hdlc *hdlc = h->priv;
+#ifdef LINUX26
+    hdlc_device *h = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+    struct zt_hdlc *hdlc = h->priv;
 #else
+    hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+#endif
+
+#else
 static void zt_net_close(hdlc_device *hdlc)
 {
 #endif
@@ -1339,6 +1346,7 @@
 #endif
 	}
 	/* Not much to do here.  Just deallocate the buffers */
+        netif_stop_queue(ztchan_to_dev(ms));
 	zt_reallocbufs(ms, 0, 0);
 #ifdef LINUX26
 	hdlc_close(dev);
@@ -1455,7 +1463,9 @@
 
 		if (ss->inwritebuf == ss->outwritebuf) {
 			/* Whoops, no more space.  */
-			ss->inwritebuf = -1;
+		    ss->inwritebuf = -1;
+
+		    netif_stop_queue(ztchan_to_dev(ss));
 		}
 		if (ss->outwritebuf < 0) {
 			/* Let the interrupt handler know there's