What do you have the com port set to? It should be set to higher than the
maximum capable throughput of your modem.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lug-nuts@cheapnet.net [mailto:owner-lug-nuts@cheapnet.net]On
> Behalf Of Scot Bohnenstiehl
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 4:02 PM
> To: lug-nuts@cheapnet.net
> Subject: Internet connection under SUSE 6.1
>
>
> Hi, I have SUSE 6.1 and I run my internet connection to dgweb through
> Kppp. The problem is that although my internet does work it is slow.
> Before with windows 98 (which I got rid of) I would get between 3 and 4K
> per second at 40K bps. I still get about 40K bps but I average around
> 1K per second or lower. I remember setting the MTU under windows to
> tweak the speed a little higher so I called dgweb and they said they
> used a MTU of 1500. So I went to the options file in the ppp folder and
> set the MTU to 1500 but still there is no speed increase. Setting up
> PNP under Linux looked like a pain so I set my modem (a Creative Labs
> Modem Blaster) to non-PNP, COM 3, IRQ 10. I'm sure that Linux isn't the
> problem, it's user error (me) except I can't figure out what I've done
> wrong. I've tried using wvdial to establish an internet connection
> through the command line but it can't find my modem. I set Kppp to look
> at cua2 to find my modem and that works. I'd really appreciate any help
> in solving this problem.
>
> Thanks, Scot
>
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