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From: Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com>
To: Gentoo User Mailing List <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Slow local network - how to debug?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:09:32 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHgBc-szQY6KdK2XB2H+GUQpzWv1vGEY+ioCLmoYtsJPuNxtWg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1361520278.18741.0@numa-i>

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have no experiences in debugging a slow network.
>
> At home, I have a router which is connected to my telephone line via VDSL2.
> I have 2 PCs one of which is connected by an ethernet cable (i.e. wired)
> while the other
> one uses a wireless connection which is specified as 56 Mbit/s.
>
> When  copying data from one machine to the other one I see varying speeds
> from only 0.5 Mbits/s up to
> more than 20 Mbits/s. I have no idea why it is so slow some times.
> There are no other wireless devices nearby.
>
> What tools and techniques can I use to debug this situation?
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut.
>

Check for packet loss. This is the first and most common reason.

--
Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com


  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-22  8:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-22  8:04 [gentoo-user] Slow local network - how to debug? Helmut Jarausch
2013-02-22  8:39 ` Nilesh Govindrajan [this message]
2013-02-22 13:55 ` Mick
2013-02-22 14:36   ` Helmut Jarausch
2013-02-22 16:22     ` Mick

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