Re: PPP connection speeds...
Shao Zhang writes:
> At a moment, I am trying to install some network packages to speed up the
> connection. I have tried to install squid, mtr, apache and so on. I don't
> know if they can help, but redhat has got all of these installed.
None of these will change the speed of your ppp connection.
> One other thing that I found is that It seemed that lynx's transfer rate
> is much faster than netscape. That's why I had a go on installing the
> package squid.
I think you may be confusing the performance of your browser with the speed
of your ppp connection.
> Also, Redhat has got a RPM called caching-nameserver. Do we have one in
> debian??
Install bind and give the correct answers when you run bindconfig and you
will get a caching-only nameserver.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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