Low internet speed

[Martin]

On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 00:43 +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote:
> 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 ? 

try another cable.  if this is not a manufactured cable, it could
be that the ordering of the color coded wires into the plug is
incorrect, leading to noise induced data errors.

-Marty