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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!hilbert.dnai.com!nic.scruz.net!boing.resort.com!banshee From: banshee@boing.resort.com (John Vinopal) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FTP slow via SLIP (28.8)? Date: 26 Oct 1994 04:14:30 GMT Organization: Santa Cruz Community Internet Lines: 37 Message-ID: <38kl37$a9v@nic.scruz.net> References: <386fi9$t1@blackice.winternet.com> <388vcv$19n@agate.berkeley.edu> <38atje$lon@nic.scruz.net> <Cy7DEL.L7r@indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: resort.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #0 (NOV) wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) writes: >: 1) latency times over your modem >What do you do if they're slow? My times average 320ms - 380ms, with >a Zoom 28.8 V.FC connected to same. I've setup the modem as my >internet service provider has recommended. This is all the fault of the modem. I run a pair of hayes 28.8 and get low numbers in the range of: 35 packets transmitted, 35 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 176/186/219 ms You can try turning off data compression, or you can live with it. >: 5) your average is FAR too low for what speed you think you should be at. >Yes. I typically get ~10,000 bps using ftp, and would expect closer to >~20,000 over a clean 28.8 link. I use 57,600 between the computer and >the modem, bot for dialing and for slattach (to make sure I don't confuse >the modem as to speed). The connect message typically reports connection >at 28800 (sometimes 21600). ~26400 connect, slattach at 57,600 binary transfer of a 227K compressed file to a host ~300ms away 227105 bytes received in 112.15 seconds (1.98 Kbytes/s) binary transfer of a 141K text file from a host ~300ms away 141197 bytes received in 40.03 seconds (3.44 Kbytes/s) >: 6) turn on hash in ftp. do you get periodic pauses? are you running >: a high speed modem on a lame uart chip? >Yep, long pauses. I'm certain these are a great part of the problem, but >I'm not sure where they come from. This connection exhibits the same >pause-prone behavior if I dial in using DOS with the same modem. Is this >a problem with my service provider then? Are you on a 16550 uart serial port? You should be. -- The Wailer at the Gates of Dawn | banshee@resort.com | Just who ARE you calling a FROOFROO Head? | | DoD#0667 "Just a friend of the beast." | http://resort.com/~banshee/ | 2,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,61,89,107,127,521,607....| |