Loosing internet speed in Mandrake 10

GitchiManidoo · 03-23-2004, 05:56 AM

Hi!
I`ve installed Linux dist for very fist time. I am a newbie!

So let`s get to the problem.

I have dual booting system on my machine. Windows XP and Mandrake 10. Internet speed on XP is about 10 times faster than on Mandrake. The same file downloading speed on XP is about 50kb/s but on Mandrake ~3-5kb/s

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Maybe some links where to look for how-to???

tnx

njbrain · 03-23-2004, 07:06 AM

When it goes slow did reboot into windows and try again? This sounds more like an ISP problem, but it may not be.
Noah

GitchiManidoo · 03-23-2004, 07:20 AM

I read in some forum about that it could be ISP problem but after calling to ISP they said Linux or Windows - doesn`t matter

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Yes I did reboot... nothing

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njbrain · 03-23-2004, 07:30 AM

You mean it's going slow in windows, too?

Noah

GitchiManidoo · 03-23-2004, 07:39 AM

he he he... I misunderstod your question... no in windows it`s ok

In win I tried to download Firefox for linux from it`s homepage. Download speed ~50kb/s. looks ok for me.
Next I reboot in Mandrake and trie to download same file from same location... speec 3-5kb/s

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njbrain · 03-23-2004, 08:06 AM

Are you running cable or DSL?
Do webpages load slower in Linux than in Windows?
Noah

GitchiManidoo · 03-23-2004, 08:17 AM

I`m running cable...

Yes webpages load slower but not much and not every. I tried to open jpg image in ffox of size ~250KB... it took about 3 minutes.

I`m thinking about to trie install RedHat 9 and look what happen. I know it looks like running away from problem but I can`t see other exit.

Tryxl · 03-23-2004, 08:51 AM

I am also running Mandrake 10 and Windows XP dual boot. I have a cable modem and I find the internet works much faster in Mandrake, but you have to open the network settings and verify your DNS first. I found that by default Mandrake set up the first DNS as 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback. This makes things drag. If you will remove that DNS entry, things should speed up dramatically.

GitchiManidoo · 03-23-2004, 10:08 AM

OK now it`s done. Still on Mandrake 10 and internet speed is awesom. Now I can download much faster than in WinXP

What happened?

Now I`m running motherboard built in Intel network card and IPS gave me new adresses.

I don`t know was it a network card or adresses but now I`m flying

TNX again

amishdisco · 03-24-2004, 02:24 PM

i had the same kind of problem ... i was getting all kinds of dropped packets and a real slow dns resolution.

i switched from the lousy davicom nic i was using to a d-link, and all my problems were solved.