RE: newbie has problems w/ dialup

How are you determining your download rate ?

Have you tried going to dslreports and doing a speed test ? ( Or slowness
test in your case :-) )

have you tried downloading the same file both with xp and then suse ?



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From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Mark
Zyniecki
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:33 AM
To: PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: newbie has problems w/ dialup

This was started on the applications list, and it was suggested to move it
here. I've recently added openSUSE11 to my WinXP box. There's a big
difference between the two in dialup download speeds.

WinXP downloads at 3-5 Kbps w/ a max. around 7 Kbps. This has been standard
for me, given my rural area, since 56Kbps modems came out.
SUSE downloads at 1.4-1.5 Kbps w/ a max. around 2 Kbps.
The modem is a USB/serial Actiontec EX560LKU.

It was suggested that the problem could be that the modem is using
USB1 instead of USB2, but I'm not sure that would be a problem given the low
download rates. Also, according to the ISP, the only compression on the
connection would be that initiated from my end.

From another suggestion, below is the pertinent info. from lsusb -v.

Where do I go from here?

TIA,
Mark Z.

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial
Port Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x067b Prolific Technology, Inc.
  idProduct          0x2303 PL2303 Serial Port
  bcdDevice            3.00
  iManufacturer           1
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           39
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x000a  1x 10 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)
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