gladelson@chartertn.net (gladelson) wrote in message news:<21412037.0401181347.2f7e4dbc@posting.google.com>...
> I am having trouble with slow internet access. I have a Shuttle XPC
> currently running redhat fedora, but I had the same problem with
> Mandrake 9.1. This box also has Windows 2000 and also on the LAN is a
> Dell Dimension running WinXPpro. The LAN uses a Linksys
> router/firewall (NAT) and then connects to the internet via cable
> modem. The Windows systems are both getting about 540 kbps on
> numion.com. Using Linux it is about 10 times slower! I have tried
> Mozilla, Konqueror, and Opera....all the same results. The box picks
> up IP via the router's DHCP and it seems to have the right DNS entries
> and route shows the right gateway address. I don't think this is a DNS
> problem. Also, even trying to use the redhat update utility is
> unbearable slow, so I don't think it's just http (but I'm not
> completely sure of this). This seems to be some problem between Linux
> and my router, but I'm not sure of that either. I have played with
> various Linux distros for several years, but I don't use it full time
> and am not a Linux expert. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well, for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure now that this isn't a DNS
problem. Using the nslookup and dig utilities, the linux system
appears to resolve names as fast as the Windows systems. Also, I tried
timing an FTP download from my personal Web space and it was about the
same for both OSes (maybe even a little faster under linux). So, at
this point the problem seems to be limited to Web browsing (http).
Anyone have a clue?

gladelson@chartertn.net (gladelson) wrote in message news:<21412037.0401181347.2f7e4dbc@posting.google.com>...
> I am having trouble with slow internet access. I have a Shuttle XPC
> currently running redhat fedora, but I had the same problem with
> Mandrake 9.1. This box also has Windows 2000 and also on the LAN is a
> Dell Dimension running WinXPpro. The LAN uses a Linksys
> router/firewall (NAT) and then connects to the internet via cable
> modem. The Windows systems are both getting about 540 kbps on
> numion.com. Using Linux it is about 10 times slower! I have tried
> Mozilla, Konqueror, and Opera....all the same results. The box picks
> up IP via the router's DHCP and it seems to have the right DNS entries
> and route shows the right gateway address. I don't think this is a DNS
> problem. Also, even trying to use the redhat update utility is
> unbearable slow, so I don't think it's just http (but I'm not
> completely sure of this). This seems to be some problem between Linux
> and my router, but I'm not sure of that either. I have played with
> various Linux distros for several years, but I don't use it full time
> and am not a Linux expert. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by gladelson
I solved this problem! From reading some other posts, I came to
suspect my router (a Linksys BEFSR41). The Linksys had the latest
firmware but I thought it was time to upgrade. I got a Netgear FVS318
and the difference is incredible. Now Web surfing from Linux is just
as fast as Windows. I wish I knew exactly what the problem was between
Linux and the Linksys router, but the problem is fixed (any Linux
techies out there who might know what was happening?) By the way, the
Netgear is a much more robust router anyway, so I am pretty happy all
around.