That seemed like a good idea. The results are meager, however. First I should state that I am no longer able to run X with the kernel 2.4 since I installed the NVidia drivers, compiled for 2.6 (I could recompile...). While it does prevent me from gathering more quantitative data on internet speed, it doesn't prevent me from running ping. In both configurations, I ran
ping
www.google.com >> some_file five times for exactly 10s each (stopwatch). Note that it sometimes takes over 5sec for the first line ("PING
www....") to appear. I don't see a difference between 2.4 and 2.6.
I guess the next step is, as you suggested, a Kernel recompile. Not today.
Thank you for your help!
Here are the results:
Kernel 2.6
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.37.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=32.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=19.6 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=20.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=19.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=243 time=33.4 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=243 time=19.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=243 time=20.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=243 time=19.6 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=243 time=19.3 ms
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www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8645ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.391/22.687/33.487/5.534 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.41.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=37.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=34.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=19.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=20.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=245 time=32.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=245 time=31.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=245 time=30.3 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 8331ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.854/29.602/37.380/6.204 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.41.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=32.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=20.2 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=20.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=20.2 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=245 time=20.5 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.225/22.871/32.324/4.738 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.41.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=32.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=20.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=33.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=20.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=5 ttl=245 time=20.2 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=6 ttl=245 time=20.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=7 ttl=245 time=19.6 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=8 ttl=245 time=33.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=9 ttl=245 time=32.7 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 9556ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.614/25.870/33.886/6.365 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.41.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=31.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=20.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=33.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=20.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=5 ttl=245 time=20.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=6 ttl=245 time=20.2 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=7 ttl=245 time=20.2 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=8 ttl=245 time=19.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=9 ttl=245 time=20.2 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.41.104: icmp_seq=10 ttl=245 time=19.8 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9757ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.743/22.643/33.982/5.157 ms
Kernel 2.4
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.37.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.37.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=20.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=20.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.147: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=20.4 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.147: icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=20.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.147: icmp_seq=5 ttl=243 time=20.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.37.147: icmp_seq=6 ttl=243 time=20.8 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 7667ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.319/20.669/20.897/0.292 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=24.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=20.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=21.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=19.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=34.4 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=20.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=24.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=20.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=20.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=10 ttl=244 time=23.8 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9068ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.982/23.129/34.428/4.132 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.39.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=23.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=20.6 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=19.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=30.4 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=21.1 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 8302ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.700/23.018/30.465/3.882 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.39.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=19.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=19.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=19.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=20.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=19.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=20.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=19.9 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=20.1 ms
---
www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 8896ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.395/19.951/20.187/0.262 ms
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PING
www.google.akadns.net (216.239.39.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=20.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=19.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=22.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=21.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=20.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=24.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=21.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=20.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.147: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=20.5 ms
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www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8962ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.786/21.213/24.837/1.418 ms