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Hey,
I have Ubuntu 2.10 Edgy Linux running on my box and wanted to find if there are any speed tweaks or optimizers for linux.. the speeds that i'm gettin on my windows box are great but in linux they just are'nt upto the level it should be..

any help is appreciated..

AWESOME! it worked! i downloaded 6 mb with a download speed of 31.6 Kbps which is good! it neva went below that speed..

thank you!

I am in india and my connection speed is advertised to be 256kbps(slow!) and i usually get a peak download rate of 32kbps download and 6kbps upload... web pages load just fine and fast.. the fluctuating download speed is the only problem..

could somebody not help me tweak my connection.. the problem is that when i downlaod anything then the downloads starts at its peak value adn then gradually goes down to 9kbps! after that it again starts increasing slowly and reaches a good value around peak value in about 5 mins! Is this becasue of ...

so wat exactly should i do when running this VPN? any guidelines? cause we both are just behind broadband routers..

Hey,

this is the output of the TCP/IP Analyzer.. see wat changes i should make..
Connection is PPPoE running DSL ..
thx

TCP options string = 020405840103030201010402
MTU = 1452
MTU is not fully optimized for broadband. Consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for better throughput. If you are using a ...

the settings shown when choosing the optimal setup for my connection speed are less then wat my current values are.. so should is still apply them or should i retain the current ones as the internet may go slow after applying the settings?

thx a lot.. after posting this question, i researched some more on it and now i have a Windows VPN running between the 2 comps and ports are controlled by a small perl script which closes the ports after the job is done and that improves the security a bit.. and for the rush part, well i meant that ...

Hey,

I had a printer earlier which broke about 2 weeks back when my little bro dropped it.. now the problem is that i cant print any important docs and i need to rush to my dads office everytime i want something printed.. now my question is:

" How can i setup a link between my dads office printer ...