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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm relatively new to admining Linux, but I've used
it for quite some time. I'm trying to set up a simple dial-up/firewall machine
for my home network using FC1. I've actually got everything working thanks
to all the how-to's and archives, but I'm stumped by the extremely slow transfer
rates under a standard analog dial-up. As an example, under Windows (through
connection sharing from an internal machine) I can get
irqtune-0.6-1.i386.rpm from rpmfind.net using command line ftp and get a
transfer rate of 4.13 Kbps. Through my new Linux router, I get about 0.72 Kbps
(from either an internal machine or the router itself). I've played with my
MTU/MRU settings and 704 (which seems like it's in the right ballpark for
dial-up) gives me my best transfer rate (listed above). Turning iptables off
doesn't make any real difference. I tried irqtune and it boosts my connection a
whopping 0.10bps. I don't have any other proxy/chache services running.
Since Windows gets a fast connection, I'm assuming that I don't have a noisy
phone line or some other outside-the-Linux-box problem. I'm fresh out of ideas
and places to look. The system is a Pentium Pro 200, 64MB RAM, USR
Sportster 56k external modem. I've included my pppd options file if it makes any
difference. I'm probably just missing something stupid, but unfortunately,
I'm missing it. Thanks in advance for your help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Klingler<BR><A
href="mailto:klingweiser@hotmail.com">klingweiser@hotmail.com</A><BR>"Searching
for answers in Microsoft documentation is like looking for a needle in a
haystack. Except<BR>the needle looks like a spoon and it was never in the
haystack to begin
with."<BR>
-Me</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>