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Lobster
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Jan 2011, 02:27    Post subject:  faster internet experience?  
Source code available. Could it be used in Puppy from command line with a GUI?
http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Jan 2011, 09:56    Post subject:  
Lobster wrote:
Could it be used in Puppy from command line with a GUI?

Of course if you really want to bloat your savefile...

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namebench was written using open-source tools and libraries such as Python, Tkinter, PyObjC, dnspython, jinja2 and graphy.


Anyway, what's not fast enough about the Puppy internet experience?

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Jan 2011, 11:56    Post subject:  
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Anyway, what's not fast enough about the Puppy internet experience?


Some are on slower connections - I am quite happy with my broadband Smile
Just an idea. . . Smile
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Jan 2011, 18:04    Post subject:  
i have bad wifi (virgin mobile prepay) - i live in the sticks.
its great in the city but it feels like it takes 6 clicks to get on wifi with my 3.01 fat-free.
installed pwireless seems to help.
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Jan 2011, 23:37    Post subject:  
01micko wrote:
Anyway, what's not fast enough about the Puppy internet experience?

Cheers
Some of it has nothing really to do with Puppy, but with the default DNS servers that get set up through dhcp (typically from your "provider") if it takes 3 seconds to find a page and only 1 do download format and display it - the user still sees a 4 second load (I have seen it take inton the double digits on some DNS providers) ... the bad part - web pages sometimes think you are 2 states away (don't worry though its the same single girls in the ads in every city - only the city name changes ... definitely worth the speed up)
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PostPosted: Tue 18 Jan 2011, 10:27    Post subject:  
Lobster wrote:
Some are on slower connections


Faster DNS servers won't help those people at all. Slow DNS servers are noticed only in broadband access where retrieving the page is very fast and thous slow DNS servers can have an impact.

In the case of slow connection like dial up slow wireless speed or 2G mobile network the best solution is to use opera with opera turbo on. Works like as a proxy server and sends the page compressed. This way the page is reduced in size and so faster. It really makes big difference when I use internet mobile Smile
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PostPosted: Tue 18 Jan 2011, 12:26    Post subject:  
harii4

Are you getting your signal from your own router?...or piggybacking from outside?

If so, try a faster/more powerful wifi adapter/aerial, as signal strength is crucial to good performance - even curved tinfoil around the aerial will give excellent signal improvements [use one on your router too, if you have one]

http://technetz.com/index.php/2008/05/03/how-to-make-wifi-signal-booster-diy/

Also try using OpenDNS, as Virgin's DNS servers are unreliable, I find, even on good city broadband

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PostPosted: Tue 25 Jan 2011, 22:20    Post subject:  
its an VirginMobile Broadband2Go MiFi 2200 Device.

So, tinfoil will not help i'm on the edge of VirginMobile cover area.
moved it to an window on the cover side and get 2-3 bars on a good day.
but my signal strength in the house to MiFi 2200 is very good.
Only had it 3 weeks and i'm very happy with it.

Used the tinfoil trick for my buddy - he almost fell out of his chair when it worked.
duck tape and tinfoil - you can fix almost anything.

@Aitch - thanks for the tips
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PostPosted: Tue 25 Jan 2011, 22:58    Post subject:  
In the US, the MiFi 2200 is sold by Verizon and their "it's the network" is cr*p on a good day. As in, there are days when slower-than-a-drugged-tortoise 56k dialup is faster (and more useful).

So how do I do this fabled tin foil trick? I've never heard of it, but I'll do just about anything to get a better signal as long as I don't have to dance naked on a rooftop Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed 26 Jan 2011, 00:54    Post subject:  
starhawk wrote:
In the US, the MiFi 2200 is sold by Verizon and their "it's the network" is cr*p on a good day. As in, there are days when slower-than-a-drugged-tortoise 56k dialup is faster (and more useful).

So how do I do this fabled tin foil trick? I've never heard of it, but I'll do just about anything to get a better signal as long as I don't have to dance naked on a rooftop Laughing


There's many tinfoil tricks;
this one might appeal to you. Smile

Variations:
http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/
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PostPosted: Wed 26 Jan 2011, 01:44    Post subject:  
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PostPosted: Wed 26 Jan 2011, 07:41    Post subject:  
wow - the mother-load of signal hacks Shocked
thanks - rjbrewer

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Variations:
http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/


I think i'll try "# 41" this weekend.
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PostPosted: Wed 26 Jan 2011, 11:16    Post subject:  
harii4 wrote:
wow - the mother-load of signal hacks Shocked
thanks - rjbrewer

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Variations:
http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/


I think i'll try "# 41" this weekend.


A tip:

Signals are polarized when transmitted; so try with the receiving
device in both horizontal or vertical alignment to see which works
best.

I use the "rutilt" wireless from 4.xx puppys' for real time signal
strength testing of wifi.

Have fun.
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PostPosted: Wed 26 Jan 2011, 16:16    Post subject: Re: faster internet experience?  
Lobster wrote:
Source code available. Could it be used in Puppy from command line with a GUI?
http://code.google.com/p/namebench/


Thanks for posting this Lobster I have for a while wondered if I have a problem with my ISP supplied and also OpenDNS DNS servers, so thought I would give this a try.

If you extract the archive and from the command line run the namebench.py with a ./namebench.py. there are a few options you can add but just as is should be fine for most uses.
You will of course have to have Python installed, if you are running the devx.sfs for your flavour of puppy all will be good, to run the GUI you need the python-tk package installed which isn't (haven't looked into that yet)
Running from command line is fine takes about 5 mins, echos a lot of stuff on the screen, don't worry too much about the output as when finished you should have a nice .html and a more detailed .csv saved in the /tmp directory.

Load the html into your fave browser to look at the report, mine reported if I used there recommended primary server I should see a 21% speed increase (we shall see)

So I have setup there recommendations on my router and browsing does seem a bit snappier.

Call me a cynic but as this has been written by Google and both times I have run this it has recommended Google Public DNS as my primary server you can make of that what you will

I will see how it goes anyway
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PostPosted: Thu 27 Jan 2011, 19:04    Post subject:  
_Mark_ Just a question, you have dial-up or broadband access?
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