[nzlug] Slow uploads to Trademe

[cr]

Just an update - problem solved.   I couldn't find anything in my system log 
files so I asked on the Debian-user list and got a reply 'Maybe MTU 
problem?'  (which is about as cryptic as one could get).
So after I found out what a MTU is   8)    and fiddled with the line 'mtu <n>' 
in my /etc/ppp/options  it now all works perfectly!!!
(mtu 1024 improved things but not complete cure,  mtu 512 is the answer in my 
case).

(..."Maximum Transmission Unit" -  roughly = 'packet size')

cr


On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:42, you wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion.   However I dusted off my old Debian Woody
> installation and it uploads just fine.
>
> So it looks like it's something I've done to my Debian Sarge setup, I have
> no clue what.   _Both_ my Debian Sarge setups.   Roughly simultaneously.  
> On two different computers.    Ummm.....
>
> I'll be doing some snooping around my pppd setup, I think.
>
> cr
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:04, cattz at orcon.net.nz wrote:
> > Sounds like traffic shaping or line contention at the ISPs end. Might
> > want to give them a call. Orcon is terrible for traffic shapping that
> > introduces high latency.
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:09:13 +0100, cr <cr at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> > > Has anyone else been having problems uploading photos to Trademe via
> > > dialup
> > > modem over the last couple of weeks?
> > >
> > > It used to work fine, but now the first few K go at normal speed, then
> > > there's
> > > a gap, then a few more K, then a longer gap, and so on...  after 5
> > > minutes it
> > > typically times out  (and this with a tiny 50K jpg!)  

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