Internet speed

Mike Burger mburger at bubbanfriends.org
Wed Sep 3 13:59:17 UTC 2008


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> MKas wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'm using 3g/hsdpa modem (ZTE MF620) to connect to internet.
>> In windows my download speed is near 3.6mbps, but in Fedora 9
>> max speed only 490kbps and it's stable so I think it's somehow
>> software limited. I'm connecting with kppp.
>
> i have a slow dsl speed also, 1/2 of max rate.
>
> at this time, i am not doing a lot of downloads that i need full speed, i
> have
> not tried to find problem, which does appear to be software related.
>
> i am using a 2wire 2701hg-b on bellsouth.net and have check speed with
> speed test provided by both.
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>   http://www.2wire.com/bandwidth/meter.php
>   http://speed.fastaccess.com/
>
> if you have need of independent testing, i can suggest;
>
>   http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/ no special software
>   http://speedtest.net/  requires flash 7 or higher
>   http://www.dslreports.com/stest/0  requires flash 8 or higher
>
> i will be following along with your thread to see if suggestions are of
> help to me and respond back.
>
> thank you for your post, it may help end some of my procrastination.

While not really having an answer to the hows or whys of the apparent lack
of speed, I find myself needing to ask this question:

Why not just purchase a DSL router, which will store your authentication
information, and let it handle all of the negotiation with the upstream
host?

As I'm running multiple hosts on my connection, I have all of my traffic
passing from my network, through an IPCop firewall, to an ActionTec GT724R
(used to use a Netopia Cayman router), and I'm getting as much bandwidth
as I should.

And, this way, I'm not stuck having to deal with "Sorry, we don't support
Linux" from the provider, because I'm not using my Linux system to
actually control the connection, itself.
-- 
Mike Burger
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