Low internet speed

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 07:43, Danesh Daroui wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am a FC3 user. I have connected a broadband internet CAT5 cable (8 
> Mbit/1 Mbit) to this system. Before FC3, I was using Windows XP and the 
> speed was fine, but when I installed FC3, the speed got low dramatically 
> ! The only change I have made is that I used a long cable (Maybe 8 m or 
> more) to connect that system to internet. Can it be a reason that could 
> increase the error rate ? I use a wireless LAN and can use a USB 
> wireless adapter but I am not sure if FC3 is compatible with wireless 
> networks or not, however it says it does. Have anyone any suggestions or 
> experience about this problem ?

/Shot in the dark...
Do you by any chance put in acpi=off on the grub command line?
It might be just me, but I-net slowed down V. much after I did that and
became better after it was removed

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Ow Mun Heng
Gentoo/Linux on D600 1.4Ghz 
98% Microsoft(tm) Free!!
Neuromancer 00:15:38 up 4:07, 2 users, 0.24, 0.21, 0.13