Re: newbie has problems w/ dialup

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Author: Matt Graham
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Subject: Re: newbie has problems w/ dialup
> Mark Zyniecki wrote:
>> Well, Matt, I do live in BFE if that's what you call living half way
>> between Flagstaff and Williams.


That's pretty close to BFE, but at least you don't have to drive 150
miles to the closest Interstate highway.

>> The WinXP modem init string is: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1
>> In openSUSE11 the connection is made via KInternet.


That's what used to be called "kppp", right? That's an OK frontend to
pppd.

>> The SUSE modem init string is: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0


Check the docs for what those things do, and see whether the settings
are more appropriate in the 'Doze string.

>> mtu 1000
>> mru 1000


This is pretty low. 1500 (or 1492) is usually the thing you want to use.

From: Patrick Jacques <>
> Have you tried lowering the MTU to 576?


Probably won't help. I tried this in 2000, there was no speed increase
at all, and it broke everything that used Path MTU Discovery.

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