I just did a fresh Mandrake 7.2 install, which went rather smoothly (I thought), until I rebooted, logged in, and tried to do anything on the net. I have a cable hookup with static IP addressing. NIC is a CompaQ, Netelligent PCI 10/100 using the tlan driver. I am noticing that it takes almost 1 minute to retrieve a single e-mail message, and that when trying to load WEB pages or DL files, that the DL rate starts at about 3.5 Kbps but within seconds dramatically drops to perhaps 250 bps and then goes into a stall, and just sits there. This is not a Netscape only phenomenon, it occurs regardless of browser and e-mail/news package used. Right now I am totally stumped because I find NO I/O address or IRQ conflicts with any installed hardware, and have checked and rechecked my TCP/IP configuration only to find no errors there. I can shut down Linux, reboot the same box into OS/2 Warp4, and immediately get on the net and see DL speeds in excess of 200 Kbps. I did NOT have this problem using Mandrake 7.0-2 on this box and could (reluctantly) restore from tape, but I would prefer to get 7.2 running smoothly. If anyone can provide me with some insight into what I should be looking for and where, I'd appreciate it. I'd really like to get this straightened out, but I'm totally lost! George ...surfing with Warp4 for now...
