On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:54:15PM -0400, Eric R Cheney wrote: > > Hi all. I recently got connected using cable modem and noticed that the > download speed is terribly slow under linux. I get good download > speeds under Windows2000 but my linux connection is just terrible in > comparison. Anyone know what the story is with linux and cable modems and > any fixes? Any ideas about how I might configure things to improve cable > modem speed? > I've noticed that speed from a friend's cable modem through linux is very slow. I haven't tried it without linux in the setup though...
Have you run tcpdump and checked if the packets are being fragmented? I can ping every 1sec, and get variations up to 150ms (50ms avg) each sec. Mike
