Re: Slow web browsing?
Hi Joey,
Joey Hess wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>>> But if I start my VM and load XP debian.org comes down in about 2
>>> seconds still.
>> so xp in a vm on your debian box can download faster than the debian
>> that's wrapped around it? That's just crazy. not a clue, sorry.
>
> Hmm, if you put it like that, it must be a problem at a network layer
> that the VM with windows implements on its own. Like TCP.
>
> Wild guess, but perhaps this will fix it:
>
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling
Fixed! Thank you Joey! After talking to some other Linux users here, I
was pointed to this article: http://lwn.net/Articles/92727/#Comments,
"TCP window scaling and broken routers"
You can fine-tune the fix for individual destination IPs, this method is
detailed at the bottom of the above page.
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