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Actually, it's a two-way connection, and I sent you a private e-mail, but hey, in front of 10k folks is cool.... :> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 07:25:52AM -0700, David R Huberman wrote: > > My biggest pbeef is the delay while using ssh or telnet. I attribute > > this mostly to speed of light issues. Web browsing, Remedy, and other > > IP software seem to work acceptably fast given my expectations. > > > > Have you found 'tools' to assist removing delay from the typical > > connection, especially as it relates to ssh? > > actually, i think the problem you are seeing is moreso related to the > asymetric nature of the connection (i think you were referring to directway > which is a "one-way" satelite feed). > > i generally only use such connections for front-ending a squid server. > > the problem is that the round trip routing of your packets gets pretty > diverse. when you type the packets go out the modem, across a terrestrial > network to the uplink, then back down over satelite. > > not much can be done to make that better. > > if you "own" the network, there are some tunneling things you can do to make > things appear to be less asymetric, which might help, but if you are an > end-user, you'll just have to tough it out. > > alternately, configure your router/etc to use the IP of your dial-up connection > for ssh/telnet, instead of the IP of the downlink. this will make your > telnet/ssh work using only the dial-up connection, which will eliminate the > asymetric routing. > > (ie. interactive traffic uses the dial-up addr, "bulk" services use the > downlink). > > -- > [ Jim Mercer [email protected] +1 416 410-5633 ] > [ I want to live forever, or die trying. ] >
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