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suresh.k 10-20-2011 06:43 AM
Internet is slow
 
Hi iam using centos 5.4 version,
My net speed is slow what things i have to check and what commands have to execute.
My friend told that if internet is slow execute this "ifup eth0" command.
Is it right???
what this command do exactly

Thanks

unSpawn 10-20-2011 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by suresh.k (Post 4503360)
iam using centos 5.4 version
Should use Centos-5.7 now.


Quote:
Originally Posted by suresh.k (Post 4503360)
My net speed is slow what things i have to check and what commands have to execute.
You already asked about it here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nd-ssh-901558/ but never returned to reply. That's bad. Always revisit your threads.


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Originally Posted by suresh.k (Post 4503360)
My friend told that if internet is slow execute this "ifup eth0" command. Is it right??? what this command do exactly
'/sbin/ifup' is for bringing up network devices. Better would be 'service network restart'.

shahz 10-20-2011 07:27 AM
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'/sbin/ifup' is for bringing up network devices. Better would be 'service network restart'.[/QUOTE]

the above command still would not speed up your internet check out your internet connection or ask your ISP to get more speed for more speed you pay more.

for a better performance you can use the squid service. for more http://www.squid-cache.org

unSpawn 10-20-2011 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by shahz (Post 4503397)
the above command still would not speed up your internet
You're right, I should have said "the right command to restart the network service is...".


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Originally Posted by shahz (Post 4503397)
check out your internet connection
Easy said. So what commands exactly should he execute and what output should he expect?

thezerodragon 10-20-2011 03:15 PM
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Easy said. So what commands exactly should he execute and what output should he expect?
I usually run graphical speedtests from the browser because they look flashy. But I guess there is nothing wrong with
Code:
ping -c 10 www.google.com
(or any large website). This will ping Google 10 times and display ping time and packet loss. 0% loss is ideal, and my ping is usually <40 ms, but I pay for the good internet. It's not going to give you a solid number like 3.4 Mb/s, but it's a start.

TB0ne 10-20-2011 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by shahz (Post 4503397)
the above command still would not speed up your internet check out your internet connection or ask your ISP to get more speed for more speed you pay more.

for a better performance you can use the squid service. for more http://www.squid-cache.org
How, exactly, would putting ANOTHER software layer between a browser and the internet speed it up?? Only the pages visited and cached would be faster...everything else would be just as slow, if not slower, since Squid would attempt to cache THOSE pages too.

To check your connection, put in "internet speed test" into Google. Brings up lots, like this:
http://speedtest.net/

Compare what it says against what you're paying for. If you have a 128KB/s DSL, don't expect faster.

suresh.k 10-22-2011 01:54 AM
ALL of you thanks for ur repleys

TB0ne 10-22-2011 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by suresh.k (Post 4504979)
ALL of you thanks for ur repleys
Spell your words out. And you've marked the thread as SOLVED...how about posting what you did for a solution, so it may help others, too?


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