no no - downloads are fast, navigation is painful DCHP is set on the router & also on Linux (I believe at least, because Linux installed itself from Debian's FTP server using the automatic DHCP routine of the installer ... )
Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Ireson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Luca Zampetti'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: RE: Internet with Debian & Cayman 3220 router slower than with Windows & 56K modem > A good guess will be that you have dhcp turned on in the router and on > your machine.... > > However you say that your connection is like a 56k modem (or slower), > not sure why dns would matter on this one.... You should find with most > adsl/ cable modems that using their build in dns is fine, they will have > got your isp's dns server address' via dhcp and will be using those to > respond to your machine. > > I'm assuming your problem is more that when using the web for example > that downloads go slow rather than you not being able to get to sites? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Luca Zampetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 January 2003 23:58 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Fw: Internet with Debian & Cayman 3220 router slower than with > Windows & 56K modem > Importance: High > > > It is a real pain .... there is a program for setting the pppoe > connection that shows up in some kde menu, running it leads the OS to > discover it has a eth0 (which it already knows) and to nothing else > because apparently the interface is already in use by some connection > (wonder which one, I have only one ...) ... ifconfig does not help > either ... > > Why does the OS overwrite the resolv.conf file with the settings it > "invented" automatically during the installation instead of accepting my > ISP provider IP address for the DNS server? > > Lou > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Love" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Luca Zampetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: Internet with Debian & Cayman 3220 router slower than with > Windows & 56K modem > > > > I guess your network interface settings are inconsistent with the > > router's port (assuming you have connected to it directly). On an > > Ultra use `ethtool' to view and adjust the settings, but that doesn't > > seem to work on sparc32. [I'd actually be interested if anyone else > > can say what to use on sparc32.] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
