On Saturday 15 May 2010 4:49:32 erik quanstrom wrote: > On Sat May 15 17:33:49 EDT 2010, [email protected] wrote: > > On Saturday 15 May 2010 2:31:57 Corey wrote: > > > I'm on a 802.11g here on my lan in my house, where my cpu/auth server > > > sits - and drawterm is noticeably slow/laggy. > > > > <snip> > > > > Oh yeah - I'm using tcp and not il. > > clearly! >
Ah... heheh - cleary: because I'm using drawterm and drawterm doesn't do IL? (sorry if that's a lame question) > /dev/draw is very efficient, but graphics are being > pushed over the wire. and since tcp is not record preserving, > a local wireless network is just the sort of thing where the > delayed ack might hurt. > I'd like to try IL next, just so I have some direct personal experience with it vs. TCP. > i use wireless (borrowed laptop) about once a month and > don't see any issues. perhaps you're on a busy or contended > channel? > Wow - o.k., I just went and switched my laptop off the wireless, and connected via ethernet... and damn - huge difference: drawterm operations are now silky smooth. I'll now try different channels on my wifi router, see if that makes a difference with my drawterm's performance over wireless. Thanks!
