---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: performance problem with my home network Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 02:11:18 -0600 From: Stefan Srdic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 08:50, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 07:21:23AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear network gurus, > > > > > > > > The performance is great on the linux box. The download speed is > > 800KB/s. However, the 2nd machine (windows ME) is extremely slow. > > The download speed is about 50KB/s. The 2nd machine is configured > > as static IP 192.168.1.2 and uses the linux box as default gateway. > > Does anybody know what's wrong with it? Is it a routing problem or > > firewall/ip masquerading issue? > > Your routing table looks strange. You have two entries for the > 192.168.1.0 network -- one without a gateway and one with a gateway of > 192.168.1.3. Try removing this gateway ...... You might also want to try enabling auto IP defragmentation in the kernel. If your using a 2.2.x series of kernel with ipchains it's recomemded to enable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag so that your Linux router will reassemble datagrams before retransmission. Stef -------------------------------------------------------
