Hi, first of all let me tell you that I'm using m0n0 since almost 3 years and I very happy, no complain at all. This post is just to understand something weird about my ADSL connection and m0n0.
I'm facing a big difference in performance when I use my AZTECH ADSL modem (bridge) with Windows XP (PPPoE dialer) compared to m0n0.
My PC config is quite simple: P4 2.8HT, 1Giga ram, Intel Pro 10/100 (PCI), Intel Pro 10/100 -> Modem ADSL (bridge), Windows XP Home SP2 (without any network tweaking MTU etc) Connection via dialer PPPoe is immediate, as immediate is the loading of web pages from different website. Download is also okay (ADSL is 1MBit with DL of 100Kb/sec approx)
Things change when I use the same modem in bridge with m0n0 on a different PC (P4 3.0 HT, 1Giga Ram, 2x Intel Pro 10/100 PCI, one to the switch LAN, the other bridge with the modem WAN). Loading of pages on the first PC (Windows XP) is much slower compared when modem was on this PC. (Firefox cache is cleared each time browser is closed) Download is still okay (100kb/sec approx, but it take a lot of time to reach this speed).
Speed seems to be there is just take a lot to load the page (well, slighlty lower), in particular when I open 5 different webpages (tabs) in the same moment; with XP+modem bridge when I key in the 5th www address on the 5th webpage the other 4 are already loaded. But if I try the same when m0n0 is the gateway, when I'm typing the 5th web address, firefox just finished the 1st only and the other 3 are still loading.
I did some test for 1 week, 3 times a day (like a doctor), in the morning, during lunch time, after dinner and saturday/sunday various times in the afternoon, first monitoring as XP+modem for 10 minutes and immediately switch to PC+M0n0+modem (it take 3 minutes to change configuration) obtaining always same result.
Last I did try to activate device polling, but no difference at all. M0n0 is basic configuration, no NAT, no add-in rules from original config, just setup DNS, LAN-IP (192.168.0.1), WAN-PPPoE. That's all!
PC1 (XP) + modem/bridge = very quick to load page, promt reaction PC2 (XP) + PC1 (m0n0+modem/bridge) = very slow to load page, delay in reaction, but DL same.
I'm very happy with m0n0, just wondering why my PC become slow to open web pages compared when XP+modem.
Any idea ? Ciao D.
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