This came in to efn's support list. Anyone have a brainstorm as to
the problem with this situation?
[BTW; perhaps, now that EUG-LUG is send-by-subscriber, we should set up
some sort of EUG-LUG-NEWBIE list for those as want to answer tech support
questions?]
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 01:28:13PM -0800, M. C. OrHai wrote:
>
>Hi. I'm a new user, my username's orhai (although I'd appreciate mail
>being sent here rather than there). I'm using a Mandrake-based linux on an
>old but perfectly functional Thinkpad. Although I can connect just fine
>(using minicom) to the dialup TTY shell on garcia, without much lag, my
>ppp connections are so laggy as to be unusable.
>
>Check this out:
>garcia$ traceroute nbtsc.org
>traceroute to nbtsc.org (206.58.106.12), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
> 1 c0-e1.efn.org (206.163.176.62) 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
> 2 b0-e0.efn.org (207.98.62.250) 2 ms 3 ms 3 ms
> 3 d1-0-1-5.a02.eugnor01.us.ra.verio.net (157.238.26.161) 20 ms 36 ms
>16 ms
> 4 superline-s4-0-7.eug11.or.nw.verio.net (206.163.139.226) 23 ms 38 ms
>24 ms
> 5 206.58.106.12 (206.58.106.12) 26 ms 45 ms 39 ms
>
>Beautiful, no? But when I use ppp...
>
>traceroute to nbtsc.org (206.58.106.12), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
> 1 willamette.efn.org (206.163.184.193) 207.482 ms 167.802 ms 159.200
>ms
> 2 * c0-e2.efn.org (206.163.184.222) 160.084 ms 158.866 ms
> 3 b0-e0.efn.org (207.98.62.250) 168.318 ms 158.292 ms 159.092 ms
> 4 d1-0-1-5.a02.eugnor01.us.ra.verio.net (157.238.26.161) 348.895 ms
>298.048
>ms 329.078 ms
> 5 superline-s4-0-7.eug11.or.nw.verio.net (206.163.139.226) 308.769 ms
>337.919 ms 339.094 ms
> 6 paradoxical.nbtsc.org (206.58.106.12) 338.873 ms 318.173 ms 299.175
>ms
>
>and,
>
>--- nbtsc.org ping statistics ---
>9 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 11% packet loss
>round-trip min/avg/max = 390.3/3372.3/6040.5 ms
>
>...which is unusable. I've been able to connect to other ISPs in the past
>with this machine, and had problems like this. Sure, it's a 486 and a 14.4
>modem, but PPP doesn't take up -that- much overhead! Any idea what's going
>on? $17 per month is a lot to pay for a TTY.
>--
> - max orhai
> _______________________________________________________________________
> "He who knows when to stop does not find himself in trouble." - Lao Tsu
>
--
if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {
rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;
aretu(u.u_ssav);
}
