Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-26 Thread Marc
On Saturday 23 October 2004 11:05 am, Thereidos wrote: W licie z sob, 23-10-2004, godz. 16:54, Marc pisze: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Drew Poland
How would I go about doing that? most of anything relating to DNS is greek to me.. On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:24:29 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 07:17, Drew Poland wrote: I tried disabling IPv6, didn't work for me. Why not just add a few root DNS servers

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 08:37, Drew Poland wrote: How would I go about doing that? most of anything relating to DNS is greek to me.. Find a good root DNS server (something outside of your area) and use that as one of your DNS servers (you can have three or four, ya know) and add that to your

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Drew Poland
ok, I just did that.. my resolv.conf keeps getting set back to this though; nameserver 192.168.0.1 search dhcppc1 On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:43:40 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 08:37, Drew Poland wrote: How would I go about doing that? most of anything

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:21, Drew Poland wrote: ok, I just did that.. my resolv.conf keeps getting set back to this though; nameserver 192.168.0.1 search dhcppc1 OK - well, I don't know how you have your ADSL setup - I always do mine manually - but somewhere in your ADSL setup/connection you

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Drew Poland
I don't have DSL, I have cable. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:29:53 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:21, Drew Poland wrote: ok, I just did that.. my resolv.conf keeps getting set back to this though; nameserver 192.168.0.1 search dhcppc1 OK - well, I

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:59, Drew Poland wrote: I don't have DSL, I have cable. So since you have cable, you are setup for a static IP on the cable router, right? Or, exactly, how do you establish your connection? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Drew Poland
DHCP On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:03:41 +1000, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:59, Drew Poland wrote: I don't have DSL, I have cable. So since you have cable, you are setup for a static IP on the cable router, right? Or, exactly, how do you establish your

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-24 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 11:15, Drew Poland wrote: DHCP Ok - well, that doesn't tell me very much - what I need to know is HOW your connection is made - did you do it through Mandrake Control Centre, or manually, or what? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Marc
Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file Marc Want

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Thereidos
W licie z sob, 23-10-2004, godz. 16:54, Marc pisze: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file If

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 23 October 2004 15:54, Marc wrote: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but as best as I can tell I do not have a /etc/modprobe file Marc In

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Marc
On Saturday 23 October 2004 11:10 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 23 October 2004 15:54, Marc wrote: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and reboot. derek Maybe I am missing something but

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 23 October 2004 17:50, Marc wrote: On Saturday 23 October 2004 11:10 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 23 October 2004 15:54, Marc wrote: Maybe your ISP is messing about with IPV6 Try disabling it. Put alias net-pf-10 off in your /etc/modprobe.conf file and

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Drew Poland
I tried disabling IPv6, didn't work for me. On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:04:53 +0100, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 22 October 2004 16:09, Marc wrote: This may be on the boarder line of off topic. For about the last week about half of the web sites that I go to work

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-23 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 07:17, Drew Poland wrote: I tried disabling IPv6, didn't work for me. Why not just add a few root DNS servers to your /etc/resolv.conf and restart the networking; that way you're not always dependent on what DNS servers are being used by your ISP, eh? (Improved our

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-22 Thread Drew Poland
No clue, but I am having the same problem. :( http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=19727 Drew On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:09:26 -0500, Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may be on the boarder line of off topic. For about the last week about half of the web sites that I go to work normally

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 22 October 2004 16:09, Marc wrote: This may be on the boarder line of off topic. For about the last week about half of the web sites that I go to work normally and the other half have about a half minute delay before a page starts to load. The slow ones are always slow and the fast

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-22 Thread mjt42
Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. I use a dial-up connection. I experience the same slow performance with Mandrake vs Windows. Downloads speeds with Windows ranges from 50 to 200% faster vs Mandrake. Michael

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 22 October 2004 17:14, mjt42 wrote: Here is where it all gets strange. Everything is still fast when using windoze. I use a dial-up connection. I experience the same slow performance with Mandrake vs Windows. Downloads speeds with Windows ranges from 50 to 200% faster vs

Re: [newbie] ML and slow DSL

2004-10-22 Thread mjt42
Are you by any chance using a Winmodem? And is that modem using the HSF or HCF driver from www.linuxant.com (included in Mandrake Powerpack or from MandrakeClub)? No. I use an external serial port modem. Michael Want to buy your Pack