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An expirement



Hello all,

 My friend and me tried something that actually worked.
 We connected to each other's linux box in a ppp connection
 with the local_host_ip:remote_host_ip parameter.
 everything worked, i could telnet him, do talk on him, ftp 
 from him, except for one problem:
 file xfer (via ftp) even when it was on one direction (i ftped from him, 
 OR he ftped from me) was incerdibly slow (0.66k/sec when we were connected
 on 14k).
 We both get much higher rates when we are connected to the net itself.
 any reason why it's that way?

 if anyone interested in the way we connected, it's very simple:
 we both 'faked' an ip address, let's say mine is 1.1.1.1 and his
 is 2.2.2.2, then we updated /etc/hosts with the right host names
 (of both of us), and then we connected via minicom.
 i typed 
 pppd /dev/modem 38400 debug crtscts modem 1.1.1.1:2.2.2.2

 and he typed
 pppd /dev/modem 38400 debug crtscts modem 2.2.2.2:1.1.1.1

 and that's it, we are connected.

Seeya,
Shay (shay@aquanet.co.il).