Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-28 Thread Tom
Keith, Try my browser. It's the only browser that exists that makes absolutely zero unsolicited requests, telemetry, or other spyware functionality, is compatible with XUL/XPCOM technology and doesn't have a trendy UI. Clone the repository https://git.nuegia.net/webbrowser.git and then follow

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread wes
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 5:33 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > > So apparently no bad wires, but it leaves me with the question, why? > What happened to cause this? > > there is likely still a bad wire or similar hardware issue going on somewhere. what you've done is instruct the network interface

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:10:50 -0700 King Beowulf dijo: >Note that '1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full' is missing. >For grins ad giggles you can try this to see it the speed suddenly >jumps. ifconfig may display a bunch of TX errors, but at least it will >isolate the issue a bit more. Ignore the VPN

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-28 Thread King Beowulf
On 4/24/21 6:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" > and "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) > on Mozilla servers. Ah. no. Mozilla may have added dubious features, but blame your distro package managers (if on a binary distro) or

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread Bill Barry
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 7:10 PM King Beowulf wrote: > > On 4/28/21 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug One quick thing to try is just plug the laptop into the cable that goes to the desktop. Bill ___

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread King Beowulf
On 4/28/21 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc > Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc: > Supported ports: [ TP MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full >

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread Russell Senior
That explains it. "Trains" just means the two ends agreeing on what the right data rate should be. I'm guessing you have a bad cable. On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 11:14 John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:38:49 -0700 > Russell Senior dijo: > > >As an alternative to looking in the sysfs

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:38:49 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >As an alternative to looking in the sysfs (/sys/class/net) as I >suggested, you can also install the "ethtool" package and run it with >the interface name. E.g.: OK, at the moment wifi is turned off, so there are just the ethernet and

Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped

2021-04-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:19:19 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >Try: > > ls -l /sys/class/net/ > >I get this (yours will be a little different): > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 14 18:18 eth0 -> >../../devices/pci:00/:00:19.0/net/eth0 >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 14 18:18 lo ->