> > I connect to my ISP with Win95 as well (cos there is no NetMeeting on > > Linux :-(, and it is much more responsive. > >
Maybe you have made the same error I made: to connect to my ISP I wrongly specified 38400 as modem speed since it was the only speed I found in the documentation (manual pages and HOWTOSs). After replacing 38400 with 56400 (I found this value only in the setserial man page) I noticed an incredible (probably ~2x) speedup. > I had a problem with latency once and it was due to name resolution, and > the particular order I had DNS' in my system. > > With the host that you are having the lag with, setup a /etc/hosts entry > for that machine and try it again. If it take the same about of time, > then not resolution. > If it is quick then you know you have a problem with resolution. -Michele