On 08/06/2007 03:54 PM, Mark wrote:
> Recently I have been experiencing a slow connection to the Internet. I
> have an ADSL connection 1500/256 with iptables running, which, I suspect
> is causing the slowdown.
>
> Typically I get ping times of about 2000 ms, and something like 20%
> packet loss, though both are highly variable. If I turn off iptables,
> then I get speeds like 200-250 ms, and much lower packet loss.
>
> I suspect, but am certainly not sure, that this started to happen when I
> used Webmin to turn on bandwith monitoring, which I have since turned
> off. There seem to be a few residual changes in my configurations.
>
> Is there anything I can look at?
Yep, you need to try recalling and, or reversing every thing you did in
a haste.
The rule of thumb is -- do one change at time and do it carefully.
And that webmin-sebmin and, or other GUI tools never tell you what they
are doing in the background; that's why most sysadmin people love CLI
and, or hand-editing all the config files. I have a bunch of helpful
notes and, or comments here in our config files; which will be there to
assist me in the years to come.
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