Actually, it's a two-way connection, and I sent you a private e-mail, but hey, in front of 10k folks is cool.... :>
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 07:25:52AM -0700, David R Huberman wrote:
My biggest pbeef is the delay while using ssh or telnet. I attribute this mostly to speed of light issues. Web browsing, Remedy, and other IP software seem to work acceptably fast given my expectations.
Have you found 'tools' to assist removing delay from the typical connection, especially as it relates to ssh?
actually, i think the problem you are seeing is moreso related to the asymetric nature of the connection (i think you were referring to directway which is a "one-way" satelite feed).
i generally only use such connections for front-ending a squid server.
the problem is that the round trip routing of your packets gets pretty diverse. when you type the packets go out the modem, across a terrestrial network to the uplink, then back down over satelite.
not much can be done to make that better.
if you "own" the network, there are some tunneling things you can do to make things appear to be less asymetric, which might help, but if you are an end-user, you'll just have to tough it out.
alternately, configure your router/etc to use the IP of your dial-up connection for ssh/telnet, instead of the IP of the downlink. this will make your telnet/ssh work using only the dial-up connection, which will eliminate the asymetric routing.
(ie. interactive traffic uses the dial-up addr, "bulk" services use the downlink).
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