Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives
Keith, Try my browser. It's the only browser that exists that makes absolutely zero unsolicited requests, telemetry, or other spyware functionality, is compatible with XUL/XPCOM technology and doesn't have a trendy UI. Clone the repository https://git.nuegia.net/webbrowser.git and then follow the instructions in BUILD. -- _ / My father, a good man, told me, "Never \ | lose your ignorance; you cannot replace | | it."| | | \ -- Erich Maria Remarque / - \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ \_ _// / / * * \/^^^] \_\O/_/[ ] / \_[ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 5:33 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > > So apparently no bad wires, but it leaves me with the question, why? > What happened to cause this? > > there is likely still a bad wire or similar hardware issue going on somewhere. what you've done is instruct the network interface to ignore any errors or warning signs and set the higher speed regardless. this may work just fine, or it may cause mysterious behavior in the future. at which time, you will of course have forgotten about all of this and we'll all be wondering why you get random web page timeouts or whatever. -wes ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:10:50 -0700 King Beowulf dijo: >Note that '1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full' is missing. >For grins ad giggles you can try this to see it the speed suddenly >jumps. ifconfig may display a bunch of TX errors, but at least it will >isolate the issue a bit more. Ignore the VPN for now - it is irrelevant >for hardware troubleshooting. > ># ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full > >'ethtool eth0' should now report 1000 Mb/s and you can try a speed >test. That did it! The command I used was 'sudo ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc speed 1000 duplex full,' which executed without error. Immediately thereafter I ran Speedtest and got 405 Mbps down and 315 Mbps up, that is, with the VPN running, which is par for the course. Oh, and then I ran ifconfig, which showed no errors. So apparently no bad wires, but it leaves me with the question, why? What happened to cause this? ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives
On 4/24/21 6:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" > and "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) > on Mozilla servers. Ah. no. Mozilla may have added dubious features, but blame your distro package managers (if on a binary distro) or you (if on a source distro). Slackware64-15.0 beta Firefox 88.0 64-bit no sync, etc., here. No firefox account. But, go ahead. Don't let me stop you from a good rant. -Ed OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 7:10 PM King Beowulf wrote: > > On 4/28/21 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug One quick thing to try is just plug the laptop into the cable that goes to the desktop. Bill ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
On 4/28/21 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc > Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc: > Supported ports: [ TP MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full > Supported pause frame use: No > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Supported FEC modes: Not reported > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised FEC modes: Not reported > Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full >100baseT/Half > 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full > Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only > Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported > Speed: 100Mb/s > Duplex: Full John, to clarify this data: you are getting 90 Mbps because your interface is locked to 100 Mbps. you can bash your head against the wall all day, you're not going to get any more speed. Your chipset supports: Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full But you are only getting advertised as Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Note that '1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full' is missing. Thus, either your router port no longer can handle 1000Mbps (not likely since the desktop is working), have a bad router port, or you have a bad cable. Or a CAT5 cable. It is not uncommon for the connectors to bad - either pins or the clip. Max speed Max bandwidth Cat 5e 100 Mbps100 MHz Cat 5e 1,000 Mbps 100 MHz Cat 6 1,000 Mbps 250 MHz Cat 6a 10,000 Mbps 500 MHz Cat 7 10,000 Mbps 600 MHz The "cat number" is usually written on the cable unless you picked up a weird aftermarket patch cord. For grins ad giggles you can try this to see it the speed suddenly jumps. ifconfig may display a bunch of TX errors, but at least it will isolate the issue a bit more. Ignore the VPN for now - it is irrelevant for hardware troubleshooting. # ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full 'ethtool eth0' should now report 1000 Mb/s and you can try a speed test. -Ed OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
That explains it. "Trains" just means the two ends agreeing on what the right data rate should be. I'm guessing you have a bad cable. On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 11:14 John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:38:49 -0700 > Russell Senior dijo: > > >As an alternative to looking in the sysfs (/sys/class/net) as I > >suggested, you can also install the "ethtool" package and run it with > >the interface name. E.g.: > > OK, at the moment wifi is turned off, so there are just the ethernet > and the VPN listed. I did: > > ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc > Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc: > Supported ports: [ TP MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full > Supported pause frame use: No > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Supported FEC modes: Not reported > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised FEC modes: Not reported > Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half > 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full > Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only > Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported > Speed: 100Mb/s > Duplex: Full > Port: MII > PHYAD: 32 > Transceiver: internal > Auto-negotiation: on > Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted > Current message level: 0x7fff (32767) >drv probe link timer ifdown ifup rx_err > tx_err tx_queued intr tx_done rx_status pktdata hw wol Link detected: > yes > > The line 'Speed 100Mb/s' looks suspicious, but I didn't understand a > lot of the results above. > > Mention has been made of 'training,' but I don't know what that refers > to. At the moment it sounds like the right theory for my problem. Now > I'm off to ask the Duck to explain it to me. :) > ___ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:38:49 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >As an alternative to looking in the sysfs (/sys/class/net) as I >suggested, you can also install the "ethtool" package and run it with >the interface name. E.g.: OK, at the moment wifi is turned off, so there are just the ethernet and the VPN listed. I did: ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Supported FEC modes: Not reported Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised FEC modes: Not reported Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 32 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted Current message level: 0x7fff (32767) drv probe link timer ifdown ifup rx_err tx_err tx_queued intr tx_done rx_status pktdata hw wol Link detected: yes The line 'Speed 100Mb/s' looks suspicious, but I didn't understand a lot of the results above. Mention has been made of 'training,' but I don't know what that refers to. At the moment it sounds like the right theory for my problem. Now I'm off to ask the Duck to explain it to me. :) ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Connection speed suddenly dropped
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:19:19 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >Try: > > ls -l /sys/class/net/ > >I get this (yours will be a little different): > >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 14 18:18 eth0 -> >../../devices/pci:00/:00:19.0/net/eth0 >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 14 18:18 lo -> >../../devices/virtual/net/lo > >Try cd'ing to the likely looking directory (eth0 in my case), and >doing another ls -l there. You really ought to see the speed file in >there. > >If you cat the "speed" file to get the current speed of the interface. > >I had the problem like what you are describing once upon a time, >because of a slightly flakey ethernet run that was not training to >gigabit link speed, but 100 Mbps instead. Confirming the link speed is >a good idea, because then you'll know when you fixed it. I get: ls -l /sys/class/net/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 28 10:55 enp0s31f6 -> ../../devices/pci:00/:00:1f.6/net/enp0s31f6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 28 10:55 enx3ce1a1c0dbfc -> ../../devices/pci:00/:00:1c.0/:04:00.0/:05:04.0/:2d:00.0/:2e:02.0/:2f:00.0/usb6/6-2/6-2.1/6-2.1.2/6-2.1.2:1.0/net/enx3ce1a1c0dbfc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 28 10:55 lo -> ../../devices/virtual/net/lo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 28 10:55 wg-mullvad -> ../../devices/virtual/net/wg-mullvad lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 28 10:55 wlp82s0 -> ../../devices/pci:00/:00:1c.5/:52:00.0/net/wlp82s0 Unfortunately, the terminal truncated the first couple of folders, so I can't find the files. Maybe there's a way to force it to give me the full path? ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
