On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:38:38PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Kidd, Peter wrote: > > > on a dual boot PC, apt-get runs effectively 10-20X slower than win98 ftp's > > to the same sites, downloading occurs in short spurts followed by long > > pauses and frequent 'timed outs' - running with Surfboard 4100 to @home - is > > it because I have a 2.4.1 kernel running an otherwise slink installation > > (which I'm trying to dist-upgrade)? > > > > FWIW, I also use @home and I see the same thing. Perhaps they've added > some infernal proxy setup which is not Linux friendly?
I think @home over here (Reno, NV) said they run a CERN-style proxy server.. So I might have to figure out how to peer to it. ;) On the other paw, if they're running a transparent proxy on you, they suck. -- Ferret getting his cable modem on the second.
