Guest Madpenquin Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 I got problems with my internet connection. I got adsl and I use a Sweex adsl modem/router. I use DHCP. Internet is very slow , it takes a long time to find and load a web site. I tried a 3 distro's , SuSE 9.1 , Fedora Core 2 and now I got Mandrake 10.0 installed. They all got the same problem. [moved from Hardware by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 just a simple question to begin with (first idea that came into my mind): how long is the cable from your modem to the network-plugger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madpenquin Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 just a simple question to begin with (first idea that came into my mind):how long is the cable from your modem to the network-plugger? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think 10 m Windows works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 (edited) try sporadically with a shorter cable (less than 2 meters), if you can. the longer the cable, the slower the connection can be. maybe this is the only reason why your connection is that slow. if not... we will try to find out why. :) Edited August 7, 2004 by arctic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madpenquin Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 (edited) try sporadically with a shorter cable (less than 2 meters), if you can. the longer the cable, the slower the connection can be. maybe this is the only reason why your connection is that slow. if not... we will try to find out why. :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I tried a 2 m UTP cable , but the internet connection is still slow. Edited August 7, 2004 by Madpenquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 (edited) hmmm... i am not an networking expert but: post the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file, please. then type "route" and "ifconfig" in the console and post the output here, too. make sure that the firewall is disabled. what networking-card(s) do you use (info can be seen in mcc/harddrake), how is your system exactly set up? what is the default setting of your router (how many Mbps)? maybe not the solution, but a start. B) p.s: do you experience this with other web-browsers, too or only with one? Edited August 7, 2004 by arctic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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