Re: Terrible Web Surfing Speed
From: prg (rdgentry1_at_cablelynx.com)
Date: 02/09/05
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Date: 9 Feb 2005 08:16:49 -0800
Chris Carlen wrote:
> mjt wrote:
> > Chris Carlen wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Suse 9.1.
> >>
> >>I switched to SBC/Yahoo DSL a few months ago. Big mistake. It's
way
> >>too consumer oriented.
> >
> >
> > ... i used sbc/yahoo dsl approaching two years ago with
> > no issues. i suspect you dont have something configured
> > properly. you've set up PPPOE, right?
> >
> > the one difference, and i assume since you didnt mention,
> > is that i used a router and set it up for PPPOE. however,
> > for a short period before the router, i did have a direct
> > connect (no router) using RP-PPPOE and for a brief stint,
> > using the Yast DSL module
>
> You didn't past the first paragraph, obviously.
>
> As I said, it is a LAN behind a Linksys router. The router is
> configured with PPPOE and is working fine, as evidenced by the fact
that
> Windows LAN hosts surf at warp speed.
And let's see, what is the difference in their setup? Could it be that
they are using DHCP and thus receive new network configuration changes,
such as, uh, DNS and GW, every time they boot up. Ain't technology
amazin'.
> Only Linux is broke. But it was working well before, then suddenly
> changed. ...
Linux isn't broke but it also didn't change. Your ISP's networking IPs
changed and you won't be automagically updated using static info.
Sorta the purpose of using DHCP.
> ... BOTH Linux hosts deteriorated at the same time. No automatic
> updates or anything were performed.
Exactly the problem.
> One Linux host has now been
> reinstalled due to other reasons, and it too surfs at a crawl with
it's
> out of the box settings (except of course for the network settings
which
> were entered into the Yast tool of Suse 9.1).
Because it is having to route packets through a convoluted -- probably
low priority -- DNS pathway.
> So either SBC DSL changed something ...
Well, duh, yeh they changed something. Their DNS servers. Your
Windows machines are fully informed of this but you have failed to
inform your Linux boxes of the changes. Don't blame your ISP if you
choose not to use their resources or keep your set up current.
> ... that makes it not work well with
> Linux, or something in Linux is not right.
Just the person controlling the machine. If you use static networking
settings on a network set up to use DHCP, don't be surprised when
changes are not automatically reflected in your static setup.
If you set up your Linux boxes to use DHCP, they too will enjoy the
wonders of DHCP and will be automatically informed of network changes.
DNS servers, especially, are prone to change IPs as a result of
maintenance, failures, re-configuration, etc.
It's your choice ;-)
hth,
prg
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