From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 4 11:49:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B29416A4CF for ; Tue, 4 May 2004 11:49:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out001.verizon.net (out001pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F5143D46 for ; Tue, 4 May 2004 11:49:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com ([68.160.247.127]) by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040504184922.GRPS1464.out001.verizon.net@mac.com>; Tue, 4 May 2004 13:49:22 -0500 Message-ID: <4097E60D.7090102@mac.com> Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 14:50:53 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040421 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The Jetman References: <00c301c42dff$1fc2ff80$3200a8c0@cbcoffice> <200405040811.05248.wes@softweyr.com> <006f01c43206$eb5f4b20$3200a8c0@cbcoffice> In-Reply-To: <006f01c43206$eb5f4b20$3200a8c0@cbcoffice> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [68.160.247.127] at Tue, 4 May 2004 13:49:22 -0500 cc: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: [4.9-R]Can I Make My DSL Connect Go Faster ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 18:49:24 -0000 The Jetman wrote: [ ... ] > Wes: I've used a couple of Internet speed tests, at different times, but > always w/ the same configs. Neither config has been modified. All of the > results are the same. I use ADSLGuide and DLSReports as my speed tests, > which are in different continents, but both report the same speeds. I use > different browsers, but Java is what does the deal. If you're using a DSL provider like Verizon which uses PPPoE, you might try adjusting your MTU down to 1490 or so, or else you will fragment large data packets and encounter quite a slowdown. Use something like this in your /etc/rc.conf file: ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1490" ...or run ifconfig directly and see whether this helps. -- -Chuck