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Re: linux with nonstop's system works
Hi.
About barak, i'm using them as a VPDN for my users and it work ok.
since i to have some routing problems then maybe it is not as fast as it
should be, but that is not why i post this mail.
About cable modems, i read an article few month ago regarding to the "FAST"
connection to the web with cables.
The article quote several engineers at very big cables companies and it was
written there that fast connection on cables is just an illusion.
What do i mean ?, well it said there that the main problem with cables is
that it is a shard medium, just like coax and hub connection.
That is, lots of users will have the same line together meaning that there
will be a situation that if someone is D/L a big file then all the rest will
be very slow.
Just like now.
There is NO progress in trying to overcome this problem ! each provider has
his own techniques how to overcome this problem.
More then that, there is no work on a protocol that will fix this problem !,
so there is a little chance that the problem will be fix in the near future.
It was said that users with GOOD isp with 56,600 modems will receive a
better connection then users of the cables.
I will try to find this article and to scan it.
I really hope that i'm mistaken, the article was written almost a year ago,
so maybe something was changed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hetz Ben Hamo" <hetz-home@cobol2java.com>
To: "guy keren" <choo@actcom.co.il>
Cc: <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: linux with nonstop's system works
> Hi Guy,
>
> Be careful with Barak - from my experience with them they seems to be
> sometimes very fast, sometimes very slow, and lots of time - they route
> is lost....
>
> I'm talking about the time slow/fast at the same times - meaning they
> could be very fast on 11 PM and the same day tommorow - to be VERY
> slow..
>
> I don't know who is doing their network routing stuff, but either their
> equipment to connect outside Israel is very bad or their technicians
> playing the guessing game there..
>
> I'm not trying to flame here anyone special - but from my last year
> experience with Barak, I wouldn't recommend them as my dial-up ISP -
> maybe they're good at the ADSL - I don't know, but for Dial-Up I'll
> never use them again.
>
> This is just my personal opinion.
>
> Why am I telling you this? I suggest for you to get-up (LEHAKIM) a squid
> proxy at your friends machine which is connected to another ISP - just
> in case the route falls there...
>
> Thanks
> Hetz
>
>
> guy keren wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > today i got a cable modem connected at home (nonstop is doing now a
> > "test" at the haifa area). nonstop supports windows (maybe macs as
well),
> > not linux. However, setting it up for linux was rather simple (using
> > 'pump' to configure the network interface via their DHCP server, and
> > guessing some gateway address for the defual troute).
> >
> > the cable modem connects to the t.v. socket, and then, via a UTP
ethernet
> > cable, connects to the computer. unlike ADSL, no special "provider
> > choosing" software seems to be needed here. on the machine itself, they
> > insisted installing their own network adapter (3com 905 10/100), rather
> > then use the already installed NIC. one strange thing about the cable
> > modem - afterconnecting it to the power line, it takes between 15
minutes
> > and 45 minutes until the modem manages to connect to nonstop's cable
> > network (the technicians said something about finding a "return
channel").
> >
> > the connection to nonstop's web server is very fast (download under
win98
> > was at about 180 KB/sec), but connection to the external internet is
much
> > slower - downloading files was at rates of 7KB - 16KB per second. they
> > connect to the internet via barak, as traceroute showed. i tried this
> > connection at around 18:30 . maybe it's different for other times of the
> > day.
> >
> > if anyone else happens to join their experimental program and needs some
> > help, i could try to assist with setup under linux.
> >
> > guy
> >
> > "For world domination - press 1,
> > or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
> >
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> Hetz Ben Hamo
> Intelligence & Research
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