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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP performance with pppd
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 20:54:14 -0700
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Cam Johnson wrote:
> 
> I'm experiencing poor ftp transfer rates when using pppd.  Approx 600
> byes per sec
> via pppd and 2800 bytes per sec when using ijppp.  This is true for both
> 2.1.5R and current.  Has anyone else seen this as my search of the
> archives
> has yielded nothing.
> 
> Thanks

Too many possibilities to be sure without further data, but...

Try adjusting your mtu size. As long as I'm on a dialup line, I set mtu 
to 576. When/if I go to ISDN I'll up that.
-- 

Ken

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