On mine I use manual tcp/ip setup, in arachne.cfg it still had TCPconfig
LANCTP.CFG in it which it doesn't use in my case, so I just commented
out that line (ie. ;TCPconfig LANTCP.CFG) and that speeds it up for me..
but I don't know for sure if that will work for you.
Wes
"L.D. Best" wrote:
>
> I don't know how many, or if any, of you are in the situation I am. So
> I don't know if any of you can make comparisons.
>
> I have noticed that, when in TCP/IP setup with the NIC, certain
> processes seem to take much longer -- longer even that using SmartDrv
> vs. Norton's Ncache would seem to cover.
>
> When I'm dialing in, on-line or off, things like sending mail to the
> trash can happen very rapidly. I select, click, and 1-2-3 it's done and
> the next message is up for me to see.
>
> But when I'm in the NIC setup it seems to take forever to do simple
> things like sending mail to the trash can, or getting the next piece of
> mail up and ready to be read.
>
> I also notice that everytime I do "trash can" or whatever, I get a
> message on the "what's up" line that says something like 'Configuring
> via DHCP/BOOTP' before my next screen writes.
>
> Why?
>
> Why does Arachne apparently have to "configure" after certain actions?
>
> Why does Arachne slow down internal processing when using NIC? Polling
> or ???
>
> Like Bernie said when he told me how to modify toolbar [Thanks, Bernie
> .... it's working fine now in 1.61] it's not like I even have to hang up
> when I'm on a LAN/WAN setup.
>
> l.d.
>
> -- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
