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Received: from inbox.ea.com ([159.153.89.3]) by eahq-bh2.ea.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id 251JV9V9; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:47:00 -0700 Received: from mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com [216.71.84.35]) by inbox.ea.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA29021 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:42:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sympa@localhost) by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA24525 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:04:44 -0500 Received: from gort.canisius.edu (gort.canisius.edu [138.92.8.8]) by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA24231 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:03:44 -0500 Received: from gort.canisius.edu (gort.canisius.edu [138.92.8.8]) by gort.canisius.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA21037 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:39:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:39:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Valjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN X-Mime-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com id LAA24231 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sequence: 886 Precedence: list Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com id LAA24525 On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Ove Peter wrote: > > Some networking problems: > >I am hooked to my campus ethernet network. > >While running windows, I get tremendous throughput loading pages, doin= g > >ftp, etc..now in netscape in linux, I am getting throughput no higher = than > >3.5k/sec and then it starts dropping, and stalls out..goes back up to > >3.5/3.6 and drops slowly to 3.0, 2.9,2.8..etc then stalls out.. > >any ideas? I am using an AMD K6-II 350 overclocked to 400, 128 megs > >SDRAM, an SMC EtherEZ 8416 NIC, mandrake 7.0 >=20 > I think that=B4s a Netscape related problem. Actually I=B4m so fed up w= ith=20 > Netscape that I don=B4t use it anymore...=20 Question: when installing Mandrake and networking, it asked for the type of NIC I had...well my card type (above) wasn't listed so I choose SMC Ultra...do you think it has anything to do with using this driver rather than one for my NIC that's more exact? I checked SMC's website and I believe that it has a driver for my specific card...or am I being stupid? Valjean