On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 06:12:36PM +1100, Brian May wrote > On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 05:12:41AM +0000, John Hasler wrote: > > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > Over a 28.8 dialup? ROTFL. > > I do it over 14.4 kbs... > > (sorry I couldn't resist). > > Of course, it would be nice if transfer rates would maintain 14.4kbs, > but something seems to be wrong with my PPP (or ISPs) setup. The modem > is often idle with nothing being transferred - so the transfer rate > (according to apt-get drops to below 300 bytes/second). > > Anyone got any suggestions how to fix this problem? I have tcpdumped my > side of the connection, and the problem seems to be my computer waiting > ages for remote data. > > This problem is driving me up the wall - as I have 14.4kbps, I feel > that I should be able to get close to 14.4kbps... >
It sounds like you may want to adjust the Timeout setting for the protocol you're using (http or ftp) in /etc/apt.conf; from looking at /usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf.gz I assume that the default tiemout is 120 seconds, which seems reasonable, but if you're losing a lot of packets it may help to reduce it; but if you reduce it too far, you'll lose out by abandoning connections that are just slow. If you're connecting via a proxy, you probably want to see if you can fix it there first. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
