Caching

[David Cary Hart]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 05:37 +0300, Kumara wrote:
> Thank you for the reply
> answer is NOT,
> How could i do it and could name me some ports
> usually not need, (Router is Linksys 54G type, but wireless part is already
> disabled why it is no need for me at the moment), if i open HTTP port only
> what happens to the client who wants FTP? etc..
> Thanks and hope me a piece of advice
> Mohan
> 
The ports only affect incoming connections. If you are not running
servers, close them all. This does not cause problems for users
downloading files by FTP or browsing the web. If you are not running a
web server then close http (80).

Again, I think that the original answer was the correct one but, before
you complain to your ISP, this is a good first step. 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Cary Hart" <Fedora at TQMcube.com>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Caching
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 17:45 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >
> > > > 2. Everyday around 7.30 pm-8.00pm my network is very slow. sometimes
> > > > (when it happens) i ping to the ISP. and get the round trip 3900ms
> also,
> > > > and some packet drops.
> > >
> > > Odds are that your ISP is swamped.  That's a classic "massive login"
> > > period (where everyone and his brother is trying to get online).
> > >
> > That's probably correct. One question though. Do you have all the
> > unnecessary port closed on the router? If you are not running a server,
> > you can close all the ports.
> >
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