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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.stealth.net!news.ibm.net.il!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!ns1.tstt.net.tt!feisal From: feisal@tstt.net.tt (Feisal Mohammed) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP: horrible telnet latency with ftp Date: 22 Nov 1996 01:21:50 GMT Organization: University of the West Indies Lines: 17 Message-ID: <slrn59a0df.qq.feisal@lancelot.valsayn.tt> References: <572ue9$lqv@fox.comm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cuscon42.tstt.net.tt X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.0.0 (BETA) UNIX) In article <572ue9$lqv@fox.comm.net>, Pisces Iscariot wrote: >I'm running user mode PPP. Everything works just fine except that >latency over, say, a telnet connection becomes unbelievably bad when >I am also doing an ftp transfer. I've tried messing with the MRU, to >no effect. Any other ideas? [snip] I don't understand, if you are transferring a large amount of data through the PPP link (via ftp) shouldn't your telnet session slow down? This has nothing to do with MRU. Did I interpret your question correctly? -Feisal -- Feisal Mohammed <feisal@tstt.net.tt> Ph: 1-809-662-2002 x3171 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies.