I posted a question on 1/19/06, when I could not get the network to work at all. After that, without really understanding why, I got the network back up, but could not connect to the internet. I got the DNS numbers and entered those. I now have a very slow connection.

I have DSL with Qwest Actiontec DSL modem. In the "configure network" window you can't choose DSL, so I chose cable. I entered DNS, IP address, subnet mask and gateway manually, but had to choose "static" as an option. That's because all those fields are unavailable with DHCP.

I'm not using a router, or trying to network with any other computer.

What can I do to make the connection faster?

I'll happily submit more information if anyone wants it.

Thanx!

Hi again! I' running the risk of being a PITA here, but...

I have been reading a ton of other posts to see if I could find ANYTHING useful. So this is what I've tried so far:


ifconfig -a just results in a message saying this command does not exist. Same for network -admin.


For dmesg | grep eth0 I get:

eth0:link up, 100Mbps, full duplex, lpa0x41E1
eth0:no IPV6 routers present
eth0:Oversized Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers, entry of 0xf length0 status 00000x600
eth0:Oversized Ethernet frame c2bf30d0 vs c2bf30d0


This is after getting the connection up, but very slow. When I ping the modem it says 64K is returned (if that would be interesting at all).

Should I change any configuration files?

I would really appreciate ANY help/input/links.
Thank you!

From your normal user prompt type su - (the space minus sign is the important part) and then run them again.

That is a little odd, it could be from having the wrong MTU setting, or it could be something weird with the driver, probably need to have you post some more info.

Post the results of running these as root, as noted above:

lsmod
ifconfig -a
netstat -r

and then also post all the output from pinging the "modem"

ping -c 5 {insert it's IP address here}

FYI maybe this will help with any confusion from reading other information out there; Your actiontec DSL "modem" is in fact a router (and also your "default gateway") that, when it works, should route you onto that big network called, "The Internet."

I really appreciate the help. Sorry about the delay....

Here's what I get for those different commands:

[root@Runt]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
md5 3584 1
ipv6 230916 8
rfcomm 32348 0
l2cap 19876 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 39076 4 rfcomm,l2cap
snd-seq-oss 31232 0
snd-seq-midi-event 6080 1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq 47440 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-pcm-oss 49480 0
snd-mixer-oss 17376 1 snd-pcm-oss
snd-via82xx 22372 1
snd-ac97-codec 69392 1 snd-via82xx
snd-pcm 81800 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx
snd-timer 20356 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd-page-alloc 7400 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm
gameport 3328 1 snd-via82xx
snd-mpu401-uart 5856 1 snd-via82xx
snd-rawmidi 19300 1 snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device 6344 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi
snd 45988 13 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,s
nd-via82xx,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-
device
soundcore 7008 1 snd
af_packet 16072 0
floppy 55088 0
via-rhine 17572 0
mii 4224 1 via-rhine
ide-cd 37280 0
cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd
loop 12520 0
ext3 121352 1
jbd 49432 1 ext3
via-agp 7360 1
agpgart 27752 1 via-agp
usbkbd 5792 0
tsdev 5824 0
joydev 8032 0
usbmouse 4256 0
evdev 7648 0
usbhid 41088 0
usblp 10592 0
ehci-hcd 26244 0
uhci-hcd 28752 0
usbcore 103172 8 usbkbd,usbmouse,usbhid,usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
reiserfs 258324 1


[root@Runt]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:5B:03:67:74
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:5bff:fe03:6774/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2454 (2.3 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3296 (3.2 Kb) TX bytes:3296 (3.2 Kb)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


[root@Runt]# netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

[root@Runt]# ping -c 5 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.0.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.2 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3998ms
, pipe 2

[root@Runt]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
Link detected: no

[root@Runt]# ethtool -S eth0
no stats available


Thank you!