[iyonix-support] Re: Internet speed

In message <alpine.DEB.2.00.0907221600380.18002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Iyonix PC Owner <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Paul Sprangers wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,

>> During the last three or four years, I had a 3 Mbit internet connection,
>> which enabled downloading at approximately 320 Kbyte per second, both on my
>> Iyonix (5.13) as on the Windows machines in our home network.
> 

snip
> 
> I have got an Obey file in !Boot.Predesk on my Iyonix with the following
> line in it: *sysctl -ew net.inet.tcp.mssdflt=1500
> 
> It changes the default value of "mssdflt" from 536 to 1500 and speeds up
> the ethernet traffic by avoiding the overhead of sending acknowledgement
> packets for packet only 536 bytes big. On my 6MBit ADSL connection I get a
> download rate of approximately 800 MB/second.
> 
Interesting! Did your general internet access on the Iyo show the same 
speed-up, or just downloads?

George
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