connection speed slower than in windows!

NeoAnderson · 10-16-2002, 10:39 AM

I'm using 10M broadband, in windows I downloaded the same file which I've just downloaded in linux, the speed was 8M/s, but in linux it was just 300K/s! what's wrong with my linux box? Thanx

TJS · 10-16-2002, 10:50 AM

probably not windows or linux......probably a brain fart in your ISP or your tcp/ip connections aren't tweaked well.

crabboy · 10-16-2002, 01:21 PM

Check to see if the MTU between Windows and LInux is set the same for the interface that you are using.

NeoAnderson · 10-18-2002, 05:30 AM

I did what u said, I used "ifconfig eth0 mtu 1472" to set the mtu to the best value, but it's still slower than in windows.

drthornt · 10-20-2002, 11:49 AM

There is no way on a 10 Mega Bit per second line you can get 8 Mega Bytes per second.

What device gives you your connection, can you ask it what the throughput is?

(note, operating systems report throughput has "bytes per second", network equipement defines throughput in "bit per second". )

php · 10-20-2002, 11:51 AM

run a speed test on bandwidthplace.com

Half_Elf · 10-21-2002, 07:38 AM

8M/sec = 8Mb/sec = 8 Mega bites/second... (notice the "I" instead of Y)

company like to confuse people with stupid count. A bit is 8 time smaller than a Bytes. Company like to abuse of ignorant people like that... If you divide 8Mb by 8 (8 bit in a Bytes) you get a real speed of 1MB/sec. Very close of your 800k/sec, isn't it?

NeoAnderson · 10-21-2002, 10:21 AM

thank you for teaching me so much, I'm sorry that I made a mistake on my connection speed. but now I have a new problem, sometimes I start my linux, it fails to get the ip address by dhcp, I don't know why, no matter how many times I reboot my computer, it's still like this. unless I delete eth0 and create a new one, then it comes to normal.