(Sorry Izzy, I hit Reply and not Reply-All.) On 2/25/07, Izzy Blacklock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are you using to download? Do you maybe have ports that need to be > forwarded to your laptop when it's behind the router? This is HTTP or FTP traffic. BitTorrent traffic seems to be equally affected although the multiple simultaneous connections seem to help. I do have my ports forwarded, as well:
DNAT net loc:192.168.1.7 tcp 6900:6909 DNAT net loc:192.168.1.7 udp 6900:6909 DNAT net loc:192.168.1.6 tcp 6980:6999 DNAT net loc:192.168.1.6 udp 6980:6999 (I don't know if the UDP rules are needed for BitTorrent, but I think they are useful for eMule/eDonkey. BitTornado is configured for the above ports and I've tested this on several trackers including pj.sidewalkcrusaders and alluvion.org) > If this isn't a simple port issue, then perhaps there is an issue with > one of your NICs on the router. It's possible this old box is starting > to ware out - it's got to be over 10 years old after all. It's about > the only thing I can think of if you were getting better performance > from this same router before. Unless something else has changed > (different software or hardware?). Changing it's position in a network > shouldn't make a difference to the speed traffic passing through it. It's not impossible that this is a problem with one of the NICs. I will try reseating them. Is there any good way that I can do something like a download of /dev/zero to test my download speeds from the router itself? I don't think I explained the "different IP" well enough. I get assigned an from a completely different range IP and also a different gateway: Slow LEAF box: linux-router-i486# ip addr show eth0 3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:20:af:17:57:b2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 71.72.x.x/22 brd 255.255.255.255 scope global eth0 linux-router-i486# ip route 192.168.3.0/24 dev eth3 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.3.1 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.1 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.1 71.72.x.x/22 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 71.72.x.x default via 71.72.96.1 dev eth0 Fast WinXP box: (From Network Connection Details) IP Address: 75.185.x.x Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0 Default Gateway: 75.185.24.1 DHCP Server: 65.24.6.194 (How do I get this on LEAF?) So the actual network that I'm connecting to is, to me, vastly different. It could be that my router is connecting to a very busy or poorly-configured network link and my laptop is connecting to a less-busy or correctly-configured network. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/