You sound like you are assuming its a s/w or local LAN problem BUT don't forget your WAN connection to the internet. Since you are talking about watching YouTube over the internet you should verify what your internet link speed is as well as whether you are having any WAN-side problems. Initially try just doing a PING to <a href="http://www.youtube.com">www.youtube.com</a>. What is your response time ? I'd probably expect sub- 60 millisecond responses. If you get something much higher then delay could be a problem. You've mentioned your LAN speeds but what is your WAN/internet link speed ? 2mbps, 10mbps, more? You will need to find out whether your WAN link is 1) at or near capacity which would cause poor video 2) having problems with errors (video is highly susceptible to dropped packets), if you can't check your internet router then ask someone to do so just to make sure you are not taking hits on your WAN interface whether that is DSL, Cable, etc. if its a cisco router you can log in and use the SHOW INTERFACE command to look for thinks like CRC errors, retransmissions etc. There are a lot of free Internet Speed test sites out there where you just click on a button and it will measure up/down speeds to the pc you are using. Try to use a legitimate site like maybe your Service Provider if they have one. Brian Mullan <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:k12osn-request@redhat.com">k12osn-request@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Send K12OSN mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:k12osn@redhat.com">k12osn@redhat.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:k12osn-request@redhat.com">k12osn-request@redhat.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:k12osn-owner@redhat.com">k12osn-owner@redhat.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of K12OSN digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Where is the bottleneck? (Joseph Bishay) 2. Re: Where is the bottleneck? (Christian Einfeldt) 3. Re: Where is the bottleneck? (CLIFFORD ILKAY) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:08:40 -0400 From: Joseph Bishay <<a href="mailto:joseph.bishay@gmail.com">joseph.bishay@gmail.com</a>> To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <<a href="mailto:k12osn@redhat.com">k12osn@redhat.com</a>> Subject: [K12OSN] Where is the bottleneck? Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:AANLkTik8_Z7oWQkJ4cqeCJnUEjYc48pnB0M_sotgNf_N@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTik8_Z7oWQkJ4cqeCJnUEjYc48pnB0M_sotgNf_N@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, How are you doing? I hope all is well. So I was recently informed by one of our staff that our LTSP (k12Linux) system is too slow for youtube videos. Not being a youtube person (at least at work!) I had never really tried it so I gave it a test now. Setup: Server -> gigabit card -> gigabit switch -> gigabit client (Dell Inspiron 530 - Core 2 Duo processor 1 GB RAM) Ran the test when there was no one else logged into the network. Gave the Old Spice youtube video a whirl ( <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE</a> ) (ran it at 480p setting) and it's horrible. It's not a video as much as a fast-flickering slideshow. Just to put it further I ran it at full-screen mode and it looked more like a powerpoint slide presentation than a video. I tried re-running the video several times, to see if having it in memory/cache made a different but it didn't. So I'm not sure what is the problem. I recently purchased the gigabit switch specifically to help speed things up but now I'm very worried. What do you recommend I do in order to determine the location of the bottleneck? thank you Joseph </blockquote></div>