Slow Network Problem In Linux
I've decided to come back to gentoo on my old P3 450 desktop. The last time I installed 2005.0 was out and didn't have any problems with downloading stages and portage off the net. Now any mirror I try I get ~20KB/s and in WindowsXP I have speeds much faster downloading the same stages off the same mirrors ~400KB/s (cable internet connection and linksys router).
The NIC uses the fealnx module which is loaded at boot with Gentoo x86 Min. CD. I searched around the net and saw some issues with IPv6. I used the noload=ipv6 at boot, still no speed increases. Ping times are round 60-80ms for both IPv4 and IPv6 sites. Ifconfig does not show any errors, collisions, or dropped packets. I even tried other distro's live cd's, switched cables and still the same results. Me stumped. Any suggestions? |
Here is the output of some commands that might help w/the issue:
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# dmesg | grep eth0 |
Random idea, could your link speed be really slow and/or half-duplex? I don't think that would take the speed down to 20 kbps, but it's worth a shot making sure it's at least full-duplex. Try looking into the tools "ethtool" and "mii-tool" to make sure it's set to at least 10baseT-FD, preferably 100 or 1000.
Also, how fast can it ping your router? |
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# ethtool -A eth0 autoneg on |
I notice below that it keeps saying that on that eth0 card your link is down. Do you by chance have a wireless net card in that computer that it's connecting with, or any other network card that it's pinging through?
Also, I'd try another port on the router just in case. |
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Well, it might be worth trying knoppix or some other distro's liveCD to see if the problem is with Gentoo or not.
I'd also try another network card in the machine if you can - maybe the drivers for that card in linux aren't very good. I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas, I wish you good luck. |
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