Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-24 Thread Gianfranco
Hi all! I've the same problem... On the same pc, with windows xp internet is fast (about 80k) but with the latest debian etch, internet is very very very slow (about 25k)!! I've installed debian sarge, dist-upgrading to etch and the download speed is about 80k. But installing the deb

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Ken Irving
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 07:48:17PM -0800, schmity wrote: Here is what I get when I do the tests. It takes a long time to ping google and yahoo. Telnet didn't work with google or yahoo and it was extremely slow also. Don't know about the ipv6 packet or where to ... Maybe check the MTU

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread David R. Litwin
On 06/11/06, Zoran Kolic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows XP machine and my Debian linux machine.Internet on the Windows XP machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up (no joke! night and day

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 5 Nov 2006 19:48:17 -0800 schmity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (216.239.37.104) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=78.5 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time=61.2

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread schmity
Ok I added the following line in my /etc/network/interfaces file auto eth0 ... ... up ifconfig mtu 1450 after doing a ifdown -a and ifup -a I could verify the mtu by ifconfig -a. I tried 1450, 1400, 1300, 1200, .700. None of which seemed to help. how do I check on the ipv6 packet? Ken

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Miles Bader
Rodrigo Paes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: schmity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (216.239.37.104) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=78.5 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:40:44 +0900 Miles Bader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PING www.l.google.com (66.249.89.104): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=15.3 ms 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=16.6 ms 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=2

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Miles Bader
Rodrigo Paes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PING www.l.google.com (66.249.89.104): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=15.3 ms 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=16.6 ms 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=16.7 ms 64 bytes from

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread schmity
Ok. It seems that the internet is extremely fast when I use Mozilla and extremely slow when I use Konqueror. I am still unable to telnet www.google.com 80 get /. I've seen your ping results. Better than my probes. To debug this issue, power down all devi- ces. Computers, router, modem.

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
If there is any question concerning the router, and if you have a spare machine with a pair of ethernet cards, download an ISO image of SmoothWall Express 2.0 (www.smoothwall.org), burn a CD, install SmoothWall on the spare machine, and see whether the situation improves. Installation of

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 6 Nov 2006 13:59:23 -0800 schmity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok. It seems that the internet is extremely fast when I use Mozilla and extremely slow when I use Konqueror. I am still unable to telnet www.google.com 80 get /. seems like we are getting somewhere now... if browsing the net

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Zoran Kolic
Ok. It seems that the internet is extremely fast when I use Mozilla and extremely slow when I use Konqueror. I am still unable to telnet www.google.com 80 get /. What machine exactly you have? If it is pentium I with 64 mb... KDE is ready to modern box, just as xp or vista. Fire up

cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-05 Thread schmity
I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows XP machine and my Debian linux machine. Internet on the Windows XP machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up (no joke! night and day difference!) What is wrong with the Debian machine? -- To

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-05 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 5 Nov 2006 18:28:32 -0800 schmity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows XP machine and my Debian linux machine. Internet on the Windows XP machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up (no joke! night and

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-05 Thread schmity
Here is what I get when I do the tests. It takes a long time to ping google and yahoo. Telnet didn't work with google or yahoo and it was extremely slow also. Don't know about the ipv6 packet or where to look. I'll check into it or if you have more info that you could give me it would be

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-05 Thread Zoran Kolic
I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows XP machine and my Debian linux machine. Internet on the Windows XP machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up (no joke! night and day difference!) What is wrong with the Debian machine? I've