As I said I have tested my network without using the soekris box (cable internet) and routed it through another linux machine i have (over ethernet not wireless) and all of the machines get about 19Mb download speeds and 1.5Mb upload speeds.
when I use my soekris box as the router, while still having my end-user machines routed through it over ethernet, that speed drops to 1.5Mb download, and 1.5Mb upload. So the Soekris is certainly the cause of the choke. as far as the wireless setup is concerned its running at 79mW according to the kernel, 300mW in reality, with a 10db antenna, connecting to a apple macbook/airport within 100 feet. so, naturally there will be a choke on the throughput depending on whatever bitrate the wireless is able to function properly at, but this is not the case for my wired-only tests. Tomorrow (its quite late) I will see if the Soekris' CPU gets pegged when its transfering files, though I have done it before (a while ago) and I believe it is not. I could really use some help on this, thank you for taking the time. Steve Holdoway wrote: > > Have you compared/contrasted performance with the soekris box removed? > Unless you're gaming, a 72ms ping is fine ( in fact, a luxury... > > 64 bytes from cf-in-f99.google.com (74.125.19.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 > time=244 ms > > from here in New Zealand ). Is the internet connection wireless? If so, > what is the signal quality and how powerful is your aerial?? > > I'd say there were a few things to check before blaming the soekris box > for internet performance. > > Or have I misunderstood? > > Steve > > -- > Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > Quoted from: http://www.nabble.com/Unacceptable-network-speeds-on-net-4521-tp21024397p21024630.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Unacceptable-network-speeds-on-net-4521-tp21024397p21067550.html Sent from the Soekris - Technical mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
