(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

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