Not a laptop it is a server with dual nics mtu set at 1500, 1 nic directly to the cable modem the other to my lan. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Joseph L. Casale" <JCasale at activenetwerx.com> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 23:46:40 -0600 >>I have a server with dual nic's running centos 5.2 1 nic connects to the >>cable modem, which has 15m d and 2m up, but speed tests barely come back at >>5mb down including road runner's internal speed test. I hook up my laptop to >>the same modem, same port, using the same cable and I get 17mb down. I have >>ruled out iptables, nics (because same result on both nics), cables, cable >>modem(with a brighthouse rep) any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>Thanks. > >So I gather the nics aren't teamed from your wording, maybe MTU is set sub >optimal for your particular ISP? What OS on your laptop? Wrong MTU can have >a significant effect such as this. > >jlc >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.dsli.com