Re: [m0n0wall] Help, I got really slow download speed with m0n0wall over a 4mbit cable modem connection

From:	A dot L dot M dot Buxey at lboro dot ac dot uk
To:	Dennis Yu <weiyu99 at gmail dot com>
Cc:	m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] Help, I got really slow download speed with m0n0wall over a 4mbit cable modem connection
Date:	Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:43:33 +0100

Hi,

> My computer when connected directly to the cable modem can have a
> download speed of 350KB/s but when I put the m0n0wall between the
> cable modem and the PC the best download speed I can get is only
> 30~40KB/s.  With traffic shaper turn on or off doesn't seem to change
> anything.

this really sounds like a duplex mismatch. you might also want to try 1.2b3
as that was the last 'classic 4.x BSD kernel release'

alan

> I don't think 40KB/s is the best m0n0wall can do.  There's gotta be
> something I didn't setup correctly.

of course its not- my m0n0's are on similar spec systems and can drive 100mbit
with lots of rules and shaping enabled

alan