Dialup optimization?

[Howard Gibson]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:43:12 -0500
"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>   What parameters besides MTU = 576 do you suggest for dialup?  And
> also, how can they be implemented by echoing to various files in the
> /proc/sys/net directory?  Some years ago, this was an easy Google
> search.  Now the search results are polluted by a gazillion pieces of
> "free download" or "shareware" Windows registry tweakers.

Walter,

   Read up on wvdialconf.  This program searches for and identifies your modem, and sets modem parameters.  I recall that it worked quite well


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