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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:54:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
cc: Zach Heilig <zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com>,
        David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>, Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>,
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Subject: Re: Increasing FTP thruput. 
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Yeah, but measuring throughput on a text file with modem compression vs
measuring throughput on a binary with little compression isn't really a
valid comparison either.

On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:

> Zach Heilig wrote in message ID
> <87hgrjdvjl.fsf@freebsd.gaffaneys.com>:
> > I noticed the same thing when I upgraded from the iijppp that came
> > with 2.1.0-RELEASE to the -stable version (the -RELEASE version had a
> > habit of hanging up during long transfers, the -stable one doesn't
> > seem to).  Ftp rates dropped from a solid 1.4K-1.5K/sec (14.4K modem)
> > to about .57K/sec (from the machine directly on the other side of the
> > link, i.e. remote -> phone -> local).  My rates are back up to
> > 1.5K/sec mostly (1.3K/sec if I'm doing interactive stuff over the
> > link, which is actually usable while ftp'ing now), after making a
> > slight tweak to the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file.  I added the following
> > lines, I don't know which one is responsible:
> 
> > set debug none
> > disable pred1
> > deny pred1
> > disable lqr
> > deny lqr
> 
> Weird. I've been running iijppp for over a year now, and have been
> upgrading regularly, and on a 28k8 I can get 5k/sec (text) download
> relatively easily (with the latest version in -stable). I wonder if
> this has to do with the box you are talking to?
> 
> Gary
> --
> Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
> FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
>