On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:14 PM, The Fungi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 06:07:58PM +0200, Robin Kipp wrote: >> I got another serious issue with Voyage Linux on my Net5501 >> unfortunately: the network connection is really slow, only a few bytes >> per second. A simple apt-get update took about 10 minutes to complete >> which is really way to long... What can I do to speed up my connection? > > First thing I'd do, given the lack of any real information or > indication of troubleshooting on your part, is assume it's a layer 1 > issue and verify the network cable is good. Bad cables account for > over 75% of the network performance issues I see in my job, day to > day.
For me, the 75% is more around auto-negotiation not working as expected (full/half duplex). Use mii-tool or ethtool to see if the negotiation is right on both side. -- -- Alexandre Dulaunoy (adulau) -- http://www.foo.be/ -- http://www.foo.be/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Diary -- "Knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance -- that we can solve them" Isaac Asimov _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
