why my FC6 start so slowly?

[John]

Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 00:12 -0500, John wrote:
>   
>> :) After all the years with Windows, the net doesn't get turned on
>> until everything is running.
>>     
>
> You turn off the internet when you go off-line?  What about everyone
> else wanting to use the internet?  ;-)
>
> But being serious, if your modem/router is an important part of your
> network, it needs to be up first.  You can make it less important, by
> configuring static addresses into your computers, so that they only use
> a modem/router for internet traffic.
>
>   
I live in an apt, the heck with the neighbors... :) I have the router 
because I have like 12 boxes laying around here- easier to run patches 
that way. I run multiple nics with a hub or direct cable/cat5, in case I 
need to network something.