Re: [LI] net accelerators

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxx>]

My ISP runs MTU of 1500 on their routers. Should this mean I should also set
MTU = 1500

----- Original Message -----
From: Soumendra Nanda <snanda@xxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] net accelerators


> Hi
>
> For a single user machine i dont know if there is much advantage in using
> squid, unless you use several different logins. On a network it may really
> inprove speed by caching.
>
> To filter out net adds like banners try junkbuster ... i feel it has
> improved my browsing speed by
> 30% at least!!!. Also try setting netscape -- advanced --cache  to NEVER
> check for newer pages.
>
> there are rpms and source for junkbuster at where else www.junkbuster.com
> :-)
>
> Can anyone tell me what are ideal MTU and MRU settings for 33.6 and 56k
> connections.
> I've read that MTU of 1500 is best for anything upto ISDN.
>
> Yours
> Soumendra Nanda
> PS you can use junkbuster and squid in tandem and its very easy to
> configure!
> and adjust the cookies setting to allow hotmail and yahoomail to work ..
> they gave me a lil problem initially.
>
>
>
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