2.4-2.6 kernel upgrade->slow internet connection

Swift&Smart · 02-08-2006, 08:34 AM

Hello,everyone!

I upgraded my kernel from default 2.4.31-2.6.14.6 from Official Slackware website.However,after that,my Internet connection is very slow(I use broadband,though

).Do you guys have this problem?One thing which I can be sure is that the Internet connection is fine before upgrade.

P.S. I installed the kernel from package and using few parameters like jdb:ext3 to add modules.

Dankles · 02-09-2006, 07:06 PM

Are you sure it's not a network issue? I have never seen a kernel upgrade slow an internet connection down.
I would recomend trying to boot back to the 2.4 kernel and see if it's slow there to, then let us know the results.

Swift&Smart · 02-09-2006, 10:34 PM

Dankles,thanks for your reply.

Actually,I think it is a kernel problem because it all get started after upgrading kernel.In Windows,there is no problem at all,same speed.And you talked about fall back to 2.4 kernel.Let me try it then..

I really appreciate your help.

Dankles · 02-10-2006, 09:23 AM

Yea, Let me know how it goes. I would be Interested to see if the same problem exists in the 2.4 kernel. But if you say that Windows is fine, There might be a larger problem.

Yalla-One · 02-10-2006, 09:26 AM

Once you've done booting, try running "dmesg | less" to see if you get any errors or conflicts of any kind reported during the boot-process.

/var/log/messages and syslog may also give some good indications..

-Y1

satinet · 02-10-2006, 02:39 PM

maybe u just compiled support for the wrong NIC. or slightly wrong nic. e.g a different 3com than you actually had.

check what modules are loaded in your 2.4.x