2.4 Addrecord() speed

[Russ Tyndall]

On 8/2/06 2:55 PM, "Christer Olsson" <christer at ljusaideer.se> wrote:

>> On 8/2/06 12:06 PM, "Christer Olsson" <christer at ljusaideer.se> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Aha,
>>>> 
>>>> Then only speed of client app itself can affect this.
>>>> Then you need check if DebugLevel is the same ..
>>>> Puzzle.
>>> 
>>> Might be a problem with the MTU of the loopback, since you have changed the
>>> protocol to be packed based now.
>>> 
>>> Russ: when running your client on the server; are you connecting to
>>> localhost/127.0.0.1 or the real IP address of the server? Try to change the
>>> MTU of the loopback to 1492 (sudo ifconfig lo0 mtu 1492) and make your test
>>> again and see if it makes any difference.
>> 
>> Christer,
>> 
>> I'd be glad to try it...do you mind explaining a little more about this?
>> What exactly am I doing when I try this?
> 
> You're setting the maximum unit size on the loopback to 1492 instead of the
> default (16384). You could also try 1500, which is the default value for
> ethernet connections.
> 

Thank you.

> What address are you using for the connection client->server -
> localhost/127.0.0.1 or the real IP address of the server?
> 

Sorry, forgot to answer! I'm using the real IP (192.xx...), as assigned by
my router.

>> Also (important!) how do I switch it BACK?  :-)
> 
> It will return to its default size after a restart. Or you could change it
> manually with "sudo ifconfig lo0 mtu 16384"

Thank you!  I'll report to the list the results of this testing.

-- 
Russ Tyndall
Wake Forest, NC