> From: John Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 11:55:44PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote > > BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --text follows this line-- > > > > I don't seem to be getting any compression in ppp. > > > > Is there something extra I need to do in potato's ppp to fully > > enable compression? > > > > > > pppstats lists most packets in the VJCOMP column, seemingly > > indicating that it thinks packets are getting compressed. > > > > However, the maximum bytes per second I get when downloading > > a very compressible large web page is no larger than the bytes > > per second for uncompressible data. > > > > (I get about 3850 bytes per second raw speed (e.g., downloading > > a .gz file). > > > > The compressible web page used to download at around 11000 bytes > > per second on my previous slink system, but now it downloads at > > only 3850 bytes per second.) > > > > ... > > This is much more likely to be an issue with your serial port > or modem setup, or perhaps your MRU (man pppd for details).
It turned that the "speed 115200" in /etc/diald/diald.conf is useless (no, I don't know exactly why); I had to set "speed 115200" in /usr/diald/diald.options. Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )