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Re: Slow performance on PPP, but fast pings?!?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Izauddin Mohd Isa)
Sat Sep 7 06:24:47 1996
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 16:47:56 -0800 (GMT+8)
From: Izauddin Mohd Isa <izauddin@guru.polycyber.com.my>
To: priebe@renfrew.edu.on.ca
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, priebe@renfrew.edu.on.ca
In-Reply-To: <009A7F6C.79807BE0.3@board1.renfrew.edu.on.ca>
Try to change the MTU parameter to be more than 2000.
Rgds
Din
On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, David Priebe wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I will be the first one to admit I don't know a lot about networking
> parameters. So, My box is on the internet with a dedicated 28.8K modem.
> I can ping anywhere without a problem. I can also surf the net with
> good response. I then dial up to a local ISP, and ping my box 16 hops
> away with reasonably good response about 300-400 ms. I can telnet in
> from the ISP with reasonable response. My problem is with serving html
> pages. I have terrible response when dialed in from the ISP, if the page
> comes back at all. I don't believe it's the http server though, because
> from a closer pc (2 hops -accross the 28.8K link) it works fine.
>
> Is there any parameters I can check??
>
> Is there some utility out there to show me /log how busy our 28.8K line
> is??
>
> Maybe a problem with packet sizes??
>
> I've also noticed strange ttl values, can this be changed??
>
> I have friends that are 500 miles away, and they seem to surf fine.
> The server in question is www.valleynet.on.ca.
> Any and all help is very much appreciated.
>
> David
> -----
> David Priebe,
> System's Analyst, Renfrew County Board of Ed - priebe@renfrew.edu.on.ca
> President, ValleyNET (Renfrew County) Inc. "Renfrew County's Freenet!!"
>
