I just recently re-installed mandrake 9, and no matter what browser i use (galeon, konquerer or mozilla) it takes FOREVER to load a page. I use a cable connection to the internet, and Im going throught a router (linksys befsx41)...I had mandrake 8.2 installed on the same EXACT computer and it was not this slow. It seems to only be network/internet related, because everything else is running smooth. I dual boot with windows xp, connection is great in XP.. mandrake has 10 gigs with a 595mb swap, no proxies needed for my connection, all DHCP. Shorewall is running, but even when I stop it I have the same connection speed. Any ideas would be much appreciated

Do you use the same DNS servers for all the systems?

Yes... they're all dynamic also

Try to ping two or three sites from Linux and XP.Check ping times. Are they similar?

Check if you have a Mandrake firewall running (it may lead to such problems).

I went throught the network setup again, somehow it had defaulted to a lan connection, when I changed it to cable, everything was a little faster. Strangely (maybe not??) when I make my screen resolution higher it also impoves speed, after a restart I had to run back through the network setup, is there some kind of default file I have to change or what could be going on...BTW I cant load XP because I got hit with Bugbear and Im paranoid to load xp while connected to the internet, I still have to thoughourly go through it, and run the removal..maybe format..