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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.iif.hu!isyshu!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!pipex-sa.net!iafrica.com!uct.ac.za!not-for-mail From: smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (S Marquard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FTP performance with pppd Date: 4 Aug 1996 11:51:47 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4u1rrj$6b2@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> References: <32037C10.41C67EA6@solidsys.com> <32041EE6.8F6@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucthpx.uct.ac.za X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> writes: >Cam Johnson wrote: >> >> I'm experiencing poor ftp transfer rates when using pppd. Approx 600 >> byes per sec >> via pppd and 2800 bytes per sec when using ijppp. This is true for both >> 2.1.5R and current. Has anyone else seen this as my search of the >> archives >> has yielded nothing. >> >> Thanks >Too many possibilities to be sure without further data, but... >Try adjusting your mtu size. As long as I'm on a dialup line, I set mtu >to 576. When/if I go to ISDN I'll up that. I have got throughput of about 2700bps using pppd, vs 3100bps using ijppp (with 28.8 modems). Adjusting the mtu/mru values hasn't helped. I'd also like to know what the difference is. Stephen Marquard scm@silver.wcape.school.za smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za