On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:15:52AM -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > -----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 >
Thanks for your reply. > What type of Internet connection? DSL, Cable, T1? if DSL, are you using > PPPoE? If connected via Ethernet - what brand NIC are you using? Not exactly sure. My connection has been shared with about 4 other neighbours by a local phone company using homepna. I presume that the phone company uses some from of DSL somewhere along the line. My nic is made Terton PCI T1M. Since installing RH I have been using KDE. I just switched to the command line and was shocked. I downloaded the kernel again and it took 258 seconds - although I got one strange message about "eth0: Runt packet"! Can this really be so. Is it reallly the case that things so down so much if started from within KDE. t.irvine -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
