Thanks for the feedback...
%-> BTDT, The problems I've found is that X-Chat segfaults like crazy! That
%-> and glade does it occationally.
%-> One thing that i've found weird that seems to be recurring every so
%-> often with Linux is taht network connections start slowing down every
%-> few kernel releases. The 6.2 comes with 2.2.14-5.0 for the kernel
%-> release. 6.1 didn't lag on me when doing downloads while 6.2 is. I've
%-> attempted a custom kerenl compile adding only the absolute barest that I
%-> need to operate and thus no fancy shmancy addins. Still get the lag on
%-> about 3 out of every 5 downloads.
%->
%-> What do i define as lag, you say? Simple. Reduced download speeds (loss
%-> of about 5 to 11KB/s (using DSL here)), lagged connections meaning
%-> longer than normal times to connect to known sites. (Averages about 5 to
%-> 10 seconds, and an added average of 3 to 5 seconds to send an email.
%->
%-> What's changed in my setup? Nothing other than upgraded pacakges from
%-> 6.1 to 6.2, use of the default kernel and in an attempt to fix the
%-> sluggishness, a rebuild of the kernel to bare minimums for my system.
Well, I'm running 6.1 here, with a gcc 2.95.2 compiled 2.2.14-5 kernel and
haven't noticed what you describe.
Could be something else -- sounds like DNS problems. One nuisance in the RH
6.1 installer (I think) is that it sticks:
nameserver localhost
into /etc/resolv.conf. I couldn't understand why Squid slowed down so much
after upgrading to 6.1, until it someone spotted "localhost" and I removed
it. Now it works like a charm again.
You might also want to increase the TCP receive and send window by doing
something like:
echo 131072 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default and rmem_max
This helps a lot with high latency connections (like DSL sometimes). Did you
remember to enable RFC 1323 TCP Large Windows in the kernel when you
recompiled, btw?
Is your mtu still at 1500?
Can't think of anything else, short of routing mishaps by your ISP.
-- Juha
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