It took hours to install Debian on a new Shuttle I purchased. I installed Vista first to dual-boot and I'm getting the speeds I should 500Kbps yet in Debian I'm only getting around 12Kbps.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856101004

I tossed in Kubuntu disc (live) and did a speed test and was getting about the same as on the Vista install.

I added another NIC but that didn't make a difference.

Browsing by domain name or IP address didn't seem to make a difference.

Any suggestions on what to try next?

Well...I disabled my onboard NIC, put in a dual Intel server NIC and disconnected from the internet while reinstalling and it went nice and fast.

Even with the Intel NIC installed my network crawls. I'm getting dial-up speeds and slower.

I do have an older Shuttle XPS and Linux runs fine on it (Kubuntu 6.06). The one thing I did notice between my older XPS and my newer one is the old one had a generic kernel installed and the new one has a K7 kernel installed.

Is it possible to specify a kernel during installation? I would like to try something other than the K7 one.