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

[Goron, Chris]

Actually I did some searching on this in the google newsgroups as Bruce
suggested and bingo, I'm not alone with this problem. However, it was
still unclear whether it was a Linux==>Win/ICS or a Linux==>Win/DirecPC
problem but I believe the second. I find it hard to believe the client
would make any difference and there were quite a few suggestions with
MTU settings and different NAT servers for NT but it sounds like no one
has had much luck and switching from NT/DirecPC software to the
helios/Linux was the best option (or only). I just don't think I want to
accept the price tag for it however, $200 for a 4 user version, seems a
little steep to me.


>There is a company that sells a Linux/Unix satelite receiver package
>(I forget the name) but it's rather expensive (more than the whole
system

Helios

>cost me) and I have never found any Open Source options available on
>the> web. DirecPC only supports Windows and I'm not sure if any of the
>newer ones support anything else as well.
>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.

The MRU/MTU of an interface are stored in the Windows Registry.  Just do
a
search for the string "mru."

On NT it is under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Srvices\Adapter\Parameters\T
cpip

Attribute MTU,  I think is a REGWORD

<RANT>
Ahhhhh!  I'm glad Windows is sooooooooooooo user friendly.  I mean'
who'd want
to type "ifconfig".

On WinY2k there is an "ipconfig" command that I think can be coerced
into
showing you the MTU,  that may work on NT4.0 as well.  

Of course,  I've killed dead an NT4 box dead by doing something crazy
like
*changing* the MTU. Oh my!  I know that is a little radical of a thing
to do,
but the "phone company" said to do it.
</RANT>
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