Bandwidth throttling

[alex]

I am having performance problems, while using bandwidth throttling. Even when setting 100-300kb/s as bandwidth limit, the page browsing on a client machine is sluggish. Sometimes I have to enter url twice to get to the web page. What am I doing wrong? May be some hardware configuration will help?

[alan]

what version of FirstSpot are you using?

Also, please post your config.ini file.
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[alex]

The version of Firstspot is 2.1.11

Here is the contents of config.ini:

;
; Description : FirstSpot Setup INF file
;
; Filename : config.ini
;
; Copyright (c) 2002-2004, PatronSoft Limited
;

; Note: use a slash to separate directories and files, those lines starting with
; a semi-colon are considered as comments.
;
; Warning : please don't change this file without supervision of a PatronSoft Engineer
; It is highly recommended that you change the FirstSpot setting in the Web-based Configuration Manager

[version]
version=Trial
versionDesc=2.1.11

[MNS]
; number of return paths
num_return_path=0
return_path0=

;
; Redirect Login Page php file
;
[loginPhp]
Login_enable0=
Login_php_Num0=

;
; Gateway Settings
;
[gateway]

; Post-Startup Batch File Path Name
batch_filePath =

; lan's subnet mask
;
subnet_mask =255.255.255.0

; domain name server IP address
;
DNS =0.0.0.0

; domain name server IP address
;
preferred_DNS =0.0.0.0

; domain name server IP address
;
alternate_DNS =0.0.0.0

; username
;
user =firstspot

; password
;
pass =a03af780c0f2959f26512a2cc8c2efb6

; network interface card to Internet
;
publicNIC=internet - local

; network interface card of LAN
;
privateNIC=lan - local

; data source for user login
;
Datasource =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\datasource\firstspot.dsn

; datasource table for user login
;
Datasource_Tablename = fsusr


; enable session logging into the datasource log table
session_log =ON

; datasource table for user session logging
;
Datasource_Log_Tablename = fsusrlog

; datasource table for PayPal
;
Datasource_PayPal_Table=ppal

; port used by Gateway Service
;
port =5786

; port used by Authentication Server
;
auth_port =5788

; port used by ssl site
;
ssl_port =5789

; Greeting message displayed in login page
;
greeting_msg =Welcome to our Hotspot!

; Enable to show InfoBox
;
show_infobox =ON

; Login page picture (filename)
;
loginpage_pic_name=pic.jpg

; authentication server IP address
; Note: different from gateway_IP when it is not installed in gateway (not officially supported in this version)
;
auth_IP =192.168.2.27

; login page filename which dispatcher will call
;
loginpage =login_select.php

; login form filename which login_select.php will call
;
loginform =login_form.php

; anonymous login form filename which login_select.php will call
;
a_loginform =alogin_form.php

; logout form filename which logout.php will call
;
logoutform =logout_form.php

; anonymous logout form filename which logout.php will call
;
a_logoutform =alogout_form.php

; idle time (minutes) allowed for authenticated users
;
idle_timeout =10

; private network
;
private_IP =192.168.2.0

; gateway IP address
;
gateway_IP =192.168.2.27

; allow access to config manager from private network?
;
access_from_private =off

; allow access to config manager from public network?
;
access_from_public =off

; license file path
;
licensepath =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\

; session handling mode, 0 for MAC-based, 1 for IP-based
session_handling =0

; path for dhcp config
dhcppath =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\dhcp\dhcpservice.ini

; dhcp mode, 0 = auto, 1 = static, 2 = disabled
dhcpmode =0

; for static dhcp only, path of the Ip MAC mapping list
static_dhcp_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\StaticDHCP.txt

; anonymous login
anonymous_login =OFF

; anonymous login user table name
Datasource_Anonymous_Tablename =fsa

; anonymous login log table name
Datasource_Anonymous_Log_Tablename =fsalog

; password offloading mode
pwd_offload = off

; password encryption directory path
encrypt_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\dispatcher\encrypt_pwd.exe

; initial air time in minutes for self signup users
self_sign_up_credit=0

;secure socket layer for authentication
;443 for enabled SSL, auth_port=ssl_auth_port for disabled ssl
ssl_auth_port=5788

;use 3 party ssl cert 0=yes 1=no
ssl_cert=1

;rewrite engine for http to https redirection
rewrite_engine=off

; Allowed Hosts Settings
;
[allowed hosts]
; allowed hosts keywords file path
;
hosts_keywords_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\AllowedHostsKeywords.txt

; allowed hosts IPs file path
;
hosts_ips_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\AllowedHostsIps.txt


; Bandwidth Throttle Settings
[bw_throttle]
; Bandwidth Throttle Mode
bt_mode =0

; Overall Upload Limit (at least 20KB/s recommended)
bt_ul_limit =0

; Overall Download Limit (at least 20KB/s recommended)
bt_dl_limit =0

; low, medium and high definition
bt_low=100
bt_medium=50
bt_high=20
bt_drop_period=3


[paypal]
; Business id
;
ppal_business=your_business_id@your_email.com

; URL for successful transactions
;
ppal_return=http://10.20.7.1:5788/cart.php

; URL for cancelled transactions
;
ppal_cancal_return=http://10.20.7.1:5788/cart.php

; trust "Pending"=="Complete"?
;
ppal_pending_release=no

; the settlement currency
;
ppal_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
;
ppal_notify_url=http://fixed_ip:5789

; Starting number for invoice
;
ppal_invoice_start=1


[lang]
lang_pack_file=custom_lang.php


[misc]
show_cart=yes
block_icmp=off
block_udp=on
_debug=1
oem=C:\WINDOWS\INF\oem0.inf
PublicAdapterDescNme={DA5F51E5-CB51-4127-9735-42B87E419D9C}
PublicAdapterIP=192.168.1.100
PublicAdapterIpMask=255.255.255.0
PrivateAdapterDescNme={FE39ED9C-FCAE-446A-A9E4-5CCE042A1206}
PublicAdapterDisplayNme=Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
PrivateAdapterDisplayNme=Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC #2
PrivateMAC=0030bd046000

[alan]

Your config.ini looks okay.

How many users are using FirstSpot? Is the performance better if you turn off Bandwidth Throttling?
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