Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 21:55:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> To: David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cable download varies w/FreeBSD Message-ID: <200004130455.e3D4tqO23936@cytosine.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000412210222.11986A-100000@sloth> from David Daugherty at "Apr 12, 2000 09:11:10 pm"
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That's exactly what I get. And I am extremely sure that I am not reading it wrong. I have two programs that tell me the current bandwidth usage. For FreeBSD, I use mrtg. And on my windows box I use DU Meter. On the windows box I see 150-300kilobytes/sec in DU Meter as well as in the IE save window (this value is an average). Is there anything I can do to optimize the FreeBSD connection to the cable modem service? --bhishan P.S I am in a very new area, so the connections here are really good. The only bad part is that they cap upstream to 256kilobits/sec, wrather than the no caps that I've seen in other areas. > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Bhishan Hemrajani wrote: > > > Do you know what might be the cause of these slow speeds at times? > > Because I usually go around 250kbytes/sec on the average. And > > if I'm lucky I can get up to 500kbytes/sec. > > 500kbytes will probably read as 500KB. While 500kbits will read 500Kb. > Please note the case of the "b's", KB and Kb. As far as I know the cable > modems through AT&T are limited to 1.5 Mbits per second. This only > translates to 187KBytes, again note the case. In other words at the cable > modems most optimum speed it can only do 187KByte per second. > > The fastest burst speed I've ever seen out of my cable modem is ~1.4Kbits > per second. Or, 175KBytes. If you're getting 500KBytes per second on a $40 > Internet connection I want to move to your neighborhood! ;) > > > David > Software Eng. - NetManage > Work email: david.daugherty@netmanage.com > Home email: doc@wcug.wwu.edu > ICQ 21106703 > Washington State Resident > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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