From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 9 17: 6:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A23CB14CF0 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:06:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.198.188]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAAA7D; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 02:06:33 +0200 Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA40042; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 02:06:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 02:06:31 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Joss Roots Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOMEONE AUTHORITATIVE PLEASE ANSWER THIS FreeBSD Question Message-ID: <19991010020631.C38786@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <19991009142059.23869.rocketmail@web106.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <19991009142059.23869.rocketmail@web106.yahoomail.com> Organisation: Ninth-Circle Enterprises Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On [19991009 17:00], Joss Roots (osiris2002@yahoo.com) wrote: >I have been using FreeBSD since 2.2.6 >and now I am running FreeBSD-Current as of few >months, and I am having no problems really, but I >have a constant observation, see I'am getting >really slow internet connection, although using >the same hardware, and net account and everything >else, except for the operating system, on windows >98, the connection is much faster. First observation: why are you running CURRENT? >Since I already have great trust and admiration >for the FreeBSD project, I can assume there must >be something wrong with my system configuration. Thank you, but `we' [allow me to use we in this as meaning the whole of the project] are also prone to make mistakes and that should always be considered a possibility. >I am running kppp for dialup (from the KDE >project), and using pppd (Kernel), I get real >slow downloads. Second observation: why are you running kppp? Userland ppp is much more maintained, stable and way better. >So, anyone can give me some authoritative answer >for this problem, where to look, what to change >and test, or how to get the connection and >downloads to be faster, please give me a hint. I am in no way authorative, nor is it, given your lack of proper background information, possible to determine what may be the exact cause. Ask yourself this: - Are you programmer enough or wellversed in FreeBSD to actually have a valid reason to run CURRENT? - What made you use pppd and not ppp? - How will I get good answers from this forum if I do not provide enough information? HTH, HAND, -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message