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Old 10-23-2003, 01:16 PM   #1
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Question Slack 9.1 / ADSL issue


Hello, everyone

I run Slack 9.1 with an ADSL web connection (Sprint FastConnect) and have a problem that was also present in Slack 9.0.

For some reason, when I click on "any" URL there is usually a delay of 5 to 10 seconds before the URL begins to be resolved. I'm not talking about the usual delay all machines produce while resolving any URL, but a delay that happens even before that. What's strange is that when I first install the OS, this doesn't always happen and webpages are pulled up almost instantly. After a few reboots, it's starts happening and then once it does, the problem continues.

I'm using the same networking settings that I use for all the other Linux distros that I've tried, and of course those distros didn't give me any trouble at all - it's just with Slackware that this happens. I've reinstalled Slack and reconfigured my network using the usual (and different) settings numerous times looking for a fix, but nothing seems to work.

When I run ifconfig, I do get a report saying that some packets were dropped and errors occured with eth0. Also worth noting, Slack actually managed to delete the BIOS settings in my DSL modem at one point, causing the machine to fail at resolving any web addresses at all.

I've vigorously searched the web and this website for answers and can't find anything that looks remotely close to what I'm experiencing, but if any of you should have any ideas, or you should run into a similar situation elsewhere, I'd sure appreciate a reply.

This irritating problem is the only thing preventing me from making Slackware my default Linux disto. The concept of sitting through an extra 5 to 10 seconds delay on every URL I click is not acceptable.

Thanks in advance for any help...
 
Old 10-23-2003, 06:34 PM   #2
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In case it helps solve this problem, here's what I get when I run ifconfig:

root@localhost:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:0A:82:A4
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.3 Mask:255.255.255.252
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:913 errors:1809 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1015 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:276784 (270.2 Kb) TX bytes:140979 (137.6 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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)
 
Old 10-24-2003, 08:01 AM   #3
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Ethereal from www.ethereal.com is the best tool for solving wierd network problems, The only slackware packages I could find are very out of date, but the latest source builds ok in 9.1.
 
Old 10-24-2003, 09:01 AM   #4
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Thanks for the suggestion, David - I might try Ethereal because this is definitely a "wierd" networking problem.

I have ruled out ISP problems because I can use a different OS at the same time without any trouble. To make things tougher, the problem is an intermittent one because last night I had no trouble whatsoever.

I'll report back with any fix...
 
Old 10-25-2003, 08:10 AM   #5
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This just might be a MTU path discovery problem, setting a sensible fixed max MTU of 1458 can solve this.
 
  


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