[Gllug] ssh over GPRS -- slow and hangs alot or am I doing something wrong?

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:05:07PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> I assume you have compression turned on in your SSH config already.
> I've used GPRS to SSH to remote servers - there is certainly some
> latency - perhaps 1/2 -> 1 second, but its certainly OK to use for
> reading email with mutt, or running GAIM for IRC/AIM. Shell sessions
> are mildly tedious with the 1/2 second response delay but doable for
> reasonably simple tasks.

This definitely isn't my experience, so it's either a problem with my
setup or with Orange.

> However, GPRS != 3G - its really 2.5 G, still operating over regular
> GSM network protocols. If you were using true 3G your performance ought
> to be an order of magnitude better, so perhaps your phone data connection
> sttings are not correct ? 

AFAICT the only way to get a proper 3G data connection out of Orange
is to use their proprietary PCMCIA card, which is Windoze only:

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/3g_mobile_office_card/detail

Vodafone appears to be the same situation.

That's useless for me, but maybe I'm missing something ...

Rich.

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