Dear Tom and the others too: Could you please give me a hand with my very, very basic, and very, very stupid problem, I mean help me to get a telephone connection with pppd? I'd really appreciate Please PLEASE please G le D --- Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Tuesday 14 August 2001 11:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > << quoting skinky: "I slow my connection right down to 19200 bps (it > > connects at the higher speeds but is much slower)" >> > > > > Could someone explain that to me? How can I tell what my optimum > > connection speed is? > > Trial and error. Usually the best gauge is the average transfer > rates you get when d/l'ing a large file(s), but even that is subject > to, among many other things, the ftp server you connect to and the > routes in between you and them. If you use Kppp you can click on > 'Details' and watch the graph. Many d/l agents also display current and > average speed. Usually in bytes/sec, ie, 56K is 56,000 bits/sec. > 'Course that can never be attained, best is about 53,000, and more > likely around 48,000 at best. > > Not all bits are used for data, some, sometimes many are used for > modem acknowledgements of whether the data was properly received or not > (acks - noacks, etc). The 'handshake' speed to see when you first > connect is only what speed the modems agreed to begin with under the > best condition, connecting directly to your ISP. After that it goes up > and down, often quite drastically which is normal. > > You can get a wealth of info on tuning your connection from a > Google search. For most dialup users it'll probly center around > adjusting 'mtu' and 'mru'. These can be added as arguments in Kppp, > usually 576 or 296. Default is ~1500. My experience has always been > that there's little or nothin to gain and often tweaking from the > defaults is maybe steadier, but often slower. > > All the above is a gross oversimplification as you'll soon see > from a Google search. I'll leave it to y'all to be creative in what > search terms you use ;> Hint: I've already given you some, and you > can get a few more in Kppp's 'Details' > -- > Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
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