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[LI] Re: slow browsing

rahul wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> i'm an internet-newbie so sorry if this is a stupid question.
> the problem is that browsing with netscape is *incredibly* slow and so are the
> downloads (100k takes about 15 min) as compared to windows.
> i've got squid up and running (it's a stand-alone machine) and i use weave-dial.
> linux version is 2.2.5-15, ppp version is 2.3.7-2.
> am i missing something? any settings i need to tweak?
> thanks.

Hello Rahul,

Here are a few things i did to optimize my browsing -

1. Set the port speed to 115200
2. Set the MTU to 596
3. Run cacheing name server
4. Use wwwoffle proxy server
5. Upgraded to Mozilla 4.61. I find it very stable and fast, memory hog
though.

HTH,
- --Shanu

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  Shanker Balan                                Debian/GNU Linux 2.1
  Cochin  India


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