Slow modem connection on FC1

[jimmy Bradley]

It sounds like the problem may not be with your machine. Sounds like
heavy network traffic to me. I could be wrong. Look at you transfer
rates at a later time if you can. If they go up, I'd say it was network
traffic that was slowing you down.

Jim

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 09:34, John Klingler wrote:
> So, am I to take no response to mean that not a single person on this
> list has anything to offer? No one knows of any guides or how-to's or
> anything that offers any suggestions besides play with your mtu or get
> irqtune?
>  
> John Klingler
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: John Klingler
>         To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>         Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:52 PM
>         Subject: Slow modem connection on FC1
>         
>         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.
>          
>         John Klingler
>         klingweiser at hotmail.com
>         "Searching for answers in Microsoft documentation is like
>         looking for a needle in a haystack. Except
>         the needle looks like a spoon and it was never in the haystack
>         to begin with."
>                                                                                                      -Me