[KLUG Members] Poor internet performance from Linux/Unix clients

[Bruce Smith]

Is this DirectPC a two way Satellite connection, or one of these
older download only connections that also requires a dialup?

I've done a lot of research on Starband two way satellite awhile
back.  Do you know if this is the same thing (give or take)?

How are you connecting to the Satellite receiver?  Ethernet?

> Hi all, I currently have a DirecPC internet connection (I live in the
> sticks, only choice for high speed internet) running on a Win 2k box
> using Win ICS (internet connection sharing, basically a simple NAT
> server) for internet sharing on my lan (only choice as well, software
> compat.). I have had good success with this setup as long as I'm
> connecting with a Windows client, if I connect with either Linux (RH
> 7.2) or FreeBSD my internet browsing or ftp transfers both will stall
> constantly. When I first establish a connection to a site it seems ok
> but then it will slowly just stall out. I also thought maybe it was ICS
> so I installed a simple proxy server on the 2k box and had the same
> results. I also can connect fine from a Mac OS 9 client as well. Are
> there any ethernet parameters in Linux that might need to be "tuned" to
> work properly for this? I'm using samba and nfs as well on my lan and
> that works just great, it's just the internet access that lacks the
> performance. I'm at a loss what could be the problem, any help would be
> greatly appreciated since without a stable internet connection from
> Linux or Unix it really makes for a lot of frustration.



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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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