linux internet speeds

rjkengr

rjkengr

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I just recently installed linux suse 10.1 on my computer. I got it off of l. I've noticed the internet speeds are much slower than on my windows system. I ran the networking part of my installation, and it seemed to work fine. I can load up gaim and webpages. it's just really slow. by slow i'm talking webpages take around a minute to load, and sometimes it'll cause my instant messenger to lose its connection. Does anyone know why this might be?

thank you in advance.
 
i use linux as my main OS (Ubuntu) and I have no problem with my internet being slow, acually sometime it seems faster. Maybe you need to check you connection.
 
that's the weird thing. i can switch right over to windows, and it'll run fine. i'm new to linux. how can i check the internet connection on linux (suse)?
 
The fact that you get GAIM errors leads me to believe it's not a rendering/PC speed issue. But what are your specs anyway? More specifically, can you list the exact model of your network card, including MAC adress, device ID, and vendor ID please? Maybe you have a specific linux driver related problem.
 
my compuet is the emachine 6414 with upgraded ram to 1 gb. the processor is the amd athlon 64 3200+. network adapter: realtek RTL8139/810x family fast ethernet NIC. I'm using firefox as my brower on linux as well as the xp partition. I recall running the network setup. I guess I need to figure out how to run that again. Maybe somehow that didn't work when i was installing linux. The weird thing is, is that the internet runs. It's just really slow.
 
SC7 said:
Can you try modprobing for the device ID?
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i'm not for sure how to do that. i tried looking up a way to do that, but i'm having trouble finding information on how to do it.
 
bump. it still isn't working. i've looked through network tools and can't seem to figure out what's wrong with it.
 
I am thinking its a driver error also. Try and install drivers for your network card. Google it, if you still need help, let me know.
 
this is probably a stupid ?, but does linux have to reinstall all new drivers. i'm assuming it does since i already had all of these drivers for my windows system. This may be why the ethernet card seems to be working just (internet runs fine) fine on my windows partition and not on my linux partition.
 
rjkengr said:
this is probably a stupid ?, but does linux have to reinstall all new drivers. i'm assuming it does since i already had all of these drivers for my windows system. This may be why the ethernet card seems to be working just (internet runs fine) fine on my windows partition and not on my linux partition.
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What do you mean by that? Most of the drivers are included with the linux distro, and a lot are generic, meaning they support multiple devices per driver, because they can't keep up, which is why there are driver problems. Open source drivers really suck, big time, I reccomend seeing if your manufacturer has their own linux drivers, and getting them, and compiling them from source.
 
SC7 said:
What do you mean by that? Most of the drivers are included with the linux distro, and a lot are generic, meaning they support multiple devices per driver, because they can't keep up, which is why there are driver problems. Open source drivers really suck, big time, I reccomend seeing if your manufacturer has their own linux drivers, and getting them, and compiling them from source.
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that's basically what i needed to know. thanks
 
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