-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hello | | I got a new machine recently and installed Red Hat 7.3 on it - I usually use | Debian. I am generally satisfied with my new Linux box. However I have | one problem. The speed of my Internet connection is very slow or at least | slower than I believe it should be. | | The machine had win98 on it when I bought it and I am dual booting. | | I downloaded the linux kernel using RH and it took 615 seconds - about 44 kbytes/sec. | I downloaded the linux kernel using win98 and it took 251 seconds - about 109 kbytes/sec. | I have another linux box that I recently installed gentoo linux on. Again I downloaded a | linux kernel from a local ftp site and it took 250 seconds. | | Can anyone suggest any parameters/config files that I could/should check/tweak. | Or websites that might be good to read. | | t.irvine
What type of Internet connection? DSL, Cable, T1? if DSL, are you using PPPoE? If connected via Ethernet - what brand NIC are you using? - -Rick - -- Rick Johnson, RHCE - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux/WAN Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Signed and/or encpryted for everyone's protection. iEYEARECAAYFAj3w6VgACgkQIgQdhlSHZgOKhgCgp5wsXTUqZpMEQzCEIQxu8/V6 ebEAoMzaG6++rbzglGHV+vKf5CQcC5g6 =RLjD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
