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

[Bruce Smith]

> Satelite is my last choice as well for high speed internet but it's

> also my only choice right now. I wanted satelite tv and the broadband
> internet was not a huge investment by any means at that time and
> honestly and really seems to work well for me (in Windows anyway),
> latency has never seemed to be a problem.


I understand completely, I also live in the "sticks" and my
options for broadband are very limited.

I didn't say that I won't buy a dish of some sort.  I said that
"I've resisted so far" which means I'm still shopping and
waiting for something that is better supported by Linux, and
waiting for the price to drop.

> There is a company that sells a Linux/Unix satelite receiver package

> (I forget the name) but it's rather expensive ...


If you come across the name, let me know so I can check them out.
At least I can keep an eye on them and wait for a price drop.


> The MTU/MRU are the settings that came to me as well and that's what i
> was kind of hoping someone might have some settings to try. I haven't
> got a clue and DirecPC I'm sure would be no help.


This isn't a great help, but if I was in your situation, I'd
use the old "trial & error" method.  Try something small, try
something large, but most of all:  try something different.

You may also find your exact problem talked about on the
newsgroups.  Searching groups.google.com can be very helpful.

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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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