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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!post.servtech.com!not-for-mail From: shawn carey <smc@servtech.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Outbound ftp traffic is SLOW (< .5kb/sec.) HELP!! Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 19:08:24 -0400 Organization: ServiceTech, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <339DDE68.167EB0E7@servtech.com> References: <865977993.158@dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: boulder.syr.servtech.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) To: ils@conn.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42735 ils@conn.com wrote: > > I have reviewed several news group responses to a problem that I am > having regarding EXTREMELY SLOW transfer rates (outbound only) from ftp > and web page request outside my server. The outbound rates start at about > 1.3kb/sec. and steadly decrease down to .3kb/sec. I have a 28.8 modem and > am running Freebsd 2.1.7 release. > > Something appears to be slowing up my system that is not presenting > itself when I run "top". No errors in "netstat -i". > > Can anyone help????????? > The very same thing was happening to my system, and lowering the MTU from 1500 to 1064 solved the problem for me. If you are running ijppp you may need to get at the ppp source and change DEF_MRU to your desired MTU in hdlc.h. If you are running pppd I assume you can use the mru option to change it. -Shawn Carey