LoneWolf58 Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 Is there any programs like cablenut for Linux to make my internet connection faster. Running Suse 10.0 Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 LoneWolf58 i actually dont think there are any for linux. I have tried looking before and was never able to find one. But also ive never really had a need to tweak internet on linux. Swimmer would know if there is one for linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf58 Posted August 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 OK Thanks. Just started playing with Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 i havent found one yet - but my linux runs much faster than windows ... so its like i have cablenut by default lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 You shouldn't need one... Linux is optimized much better than Windows by default and automatically optimizes if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf58 Posted August 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 Thanks again. Where is a good place to get Linux downloads from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 this is a good place to start with...they have all the info you need and links for downloads also http://distrowatch.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 Thanks again. Where is a good place to get Linux downloads from. http://www.linuxiso.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted August 5, 2006 CID Share Posted August 5, 2006 Is there any programs like cablenut for Linux to make my internet connection faster. Running Suse 10.0 Thanks for your help. I recently installed SuSE 10.1 to check it out, and I seem to remember there being an application which allows you to set your TCP settings manually. For the life of me, I can't remember what it's called. Swimmer runs SuSE, so I'm sure he'll know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 quote from http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/tcptune/#Linux Tuning TCP for Linux 2.4 and 2.6 The maximum buffer sizes for all sockets can be set with /proc variables: /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max - maximum receive window /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max - maximum send window These determine the maximum acceptable values for SO_SNDBUF and SO_RCVBUF (arguments to setsockopt() system call). The kernel sets the actual memory limit to twice the requested value (effectively doubling rmem_max and wmem_max) to provide for sufficient memory overhead. The per connections memory space defaults are set with two 3 element arrays: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem - memory reserved for TCP rcv buffers /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem - memory reserved for TCP snd buffers These are arrays of three values: minimum, default and maximum that are used to bound autotuning and balance memory usage while under global memory stress. The following values would be reasonable for path with a 4MB BDP (You must be root): echo 2500000 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max echo 2500000 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max echo "4096 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem echo "4096 65536 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem All current Linux 2.4 and 2.6 versions include sender side autotuning, so the actual sending socket buffer (wmem value) will be dynamically updated for each connection. You can check to see if receiver side autotuning is present an enabled by looking at the file: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_moderate_rcvbuf If it is present and enabled (value 1) (and the TCP receiver buffer size is not explicitly adjusted), the receiver socket buffer size (rmem value) will be dynamically updated for each connection. Generally autotuning should not be disabled unless there is a specific need, e.g. comparison studies of TCP performance. NB:Manually adjusting socket buffer sizes with setsockopt() implicitly disables autotuning. Application that are optimized for other operating systems may be non-optimal on Linux. If autotuning is not present (Linux 2.4 before 2.4.27 or Linux 2.6 before 2.6.7), you may want to get a newer kernel. Alternately, you can set the global default receive socket buffer size by setting the middle value of the tcp_rmem array. Do not adjust tcp_mem unless you know exactly what you are doing. This array determines how the system balances the total network memory usage against other memory usage, such as disk buffers. It is initialized at boot time to appropriate fractions of total system memory. You do not need to adjust rmem_default or wmem_default (at least not for TCP tuning). These are the default buffer sizes for non-TCP sockets (e.g. unix domain sockets, UDP, etc). All standard advanced TCP features are on by default. You can check them by cat'ing the following /proc files: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack Linux supports both /proc and sysctl (using alternate forms of the variable names - net.core.rmem_max) for inspecting and adjusting network tuning parameters. The following is a useful shortcut for inspecting all tcp parameters: sysctl -a | fgrep tcp For additional information on kernel variables, look at the documentation included with your kernel source, typically in some location such as /usr/src/linux-<version>/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt. There is a very good (but slightly out of date) tutorial on network sysctl's at http://ipsysctl-tutorial.frozentux.net/ipsysctl-tutorial.html. If you would like to have these changes to be preserved across reboots, you can add the tuning commands to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. Autotuning was prototyped under the Web100 project. Web100 also provides complete TCP instrumentation and some additional features to improve performance on paths with very large BDP. Contributors: John Heffner Checked for Linux 2.6.13, 9/19/2005 VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 8, 2006 CID Share Posted August 8, 2006 Van Buren has the basic run down.. there are some things to consider.. with linux the kernel is compiled with default values.. if you change your values you either have to recompile the kernel or script them.. This is because as soon as you restart you computer the custom setting will go away as they are stored in memory. I have yet to find a reason to tweak RWIN on Suse 10 or 10.1.. The speed are faster by 100-200kbps compaired to my windows box.. it may be do to my antivirus/firewall... but still I am running the standard yast firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf58 Posted August 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 Thanks Everybody for the replys. Just download Suse 10.0 so I have a lot to learn about it . For now I am just going to leave it alone and learn how Suse works. Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 Have fun with it.. If you have any questions.. I have been using Suse 10 and 10.1 as my os for my servers.. So i should be able to answer any questions.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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