wondering about dns...

[Sawdusty]

Hello,

I live near nowhere, and my dialup connection is horrible.

So naturally I've been wondering how to make it better. ;)

I wondered if I set up a local dns cache on my machine, would I see a noticeable difference in my web browsing time? Does anybody know what kind of speed-up I can expect, if any?

Thanks,
Dusty

PS: MDWatts: this isn't really a problem... just a question. :D

[Lorithar]

caching DNS requests is not likley to improve yer general surfing over a bad dialup. ... they tend to be a fairly small percentage of the process.
Squid *might* make some things better, but again ... only for static stuff.... if you've a bad connection, you *might* be able to tighten it up some .. but it would take careful research. *grin* ... and .. I'm on dsl. ... thus have little experience with that anymore.

[jumpedintothefire]

---Quote-----
"I live near nowhere, and my dialup connection is horrible."
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Any where in Saskatchewan is near nowhere ;)

Out my way, there is a service called "sky web" or something like that, any thing like that around you??

cable is good..... :D

[Sawdusty]

Originally posted by jumpedintothefire:
<STRONG>---Quote-----
"I live near nowhere, and my dialup connection is horrible."
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Any where in Saskatchewan is near nowhere ;)

</STRONG>

no argument here! :eek:

<STRONG>

Out my way, there is a service called "sky web" or something like that, any thing like that around you??

cable is good..... :D</STRONG>

My options are:
fairly expensive one way satellite
very expensive two way satellite
move three miles closer to town
stick with dialup

The net result is that my only option is stuck with dialup. I'd just like to get some sort of speedup out of it somehow. It's gotten worse... I'm pulling 1.9 Kbps on my downloads now.

And I know enough people who like to rub in the fact that they have broadband of some sort already. ;)

Dusty

[ 21 June 2002: Message edited by: Sawdusty ]

[Floog]

Originally posted by Sawdusty:
<STRONG>Hello,

I live near nowhere, and my dialup connection is horrible.

</STRONG>

I'm assuming that you've already checked the internal wiring in your home, and then have put in the appropriate line trouble reports with you local phone company. So, I'll move to the next step---

What modem are using?

I have found that you can run into many troubles with pci internal modems with linux. The isa slot modems are pretty hard to come by these days, and all the new motherboards lack these slots anyway.

I heard some folks talking about ELSA modems for a while in these forums and decided to try one out. I bought an ELSA 56K Microlink external modem that I connected to one of my serial ports.

The thing rocked! I could hit d/l speeds of up to 7K per sec. and it would rarely drop connection. I had good experiences with starting a huge d/l of like 80 megs. and letting it go all night, and found the d/l completed and the connection still alive in the morning.

I think I paid $53 USD for it. Even though I have DSL now, I still won't get rid of it just in case. . . :-)

It's worth a try if you've ruled out everything else.

Mike

[Sawdusty]

The wiring in my house should be good... my Dad works for telephones. ;)

Basically, my connection sucks and that's the best I can get... I live far from the switch. the telephone company is kinda uncooperative for rural users.

So I just hoped there were some software things I could do to get a bit of a speedup... looks like I'm stuck though... oh well. I'll just have to move! ;)

Dusty

[mdwatts]

Tried the Modem Tweak/Speedup NHF (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/modemtweak.html)?

[Sawdusty]

Originally posted by The original mdwatts:
<STRONG>Tried the Modem Tweak/Speedup NHF (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/modems/modemtweak.html)?</STRONG>

Just tried it, thanks again. ;) It's a little better. that can mean a big improvement when the numbers are this low. :-/

Dusty

[SuperHornet]

Im not sure if Linux supports this, but get a second modem amd "mux" them together.
You ISP will have to support this as-well.

[DMR]

Originally posted by SuperHornet:
<STRONG>Im not sure if Linux supports this, but get a second modem amd "mux" them together.
You ISP will have to support this as-well.</STRONG>Yes, Linux does support modem bonding, but aside from the issue of finding an ISP who supports bonding, you'll also need to install (and pay for) a second phone line.

;)