Hi,
I have just installed 11.10 on my new computer. The installation process was quite long, downloading packages took a very long time. When the installation was finally done I found out I seem to have network problems (which could explain the long installation process).
The KDE network manager will often tell me that no network traffic is going on at all (even though I'm trying to do stuff involving the network - like upgrading packages), but it _will_ show the network as connected (wired ethernet, 1gbit).
dmesg will show many many (20-50) lines of 'eth 0 up' (but curiously no 'eth 0 down'??).
When these things happen, applications hang (I guess they're trying to use the network).
I don't suspect anything is wrong with either the cable, or the router as network used to work fine on my old computer (also using 11.10, same cable, same router), and the new network controller should be fine as well as the network is working flawlessly in windows.
I have heard that problems like these might be caused by the gigabit option, and that I should maybe try to force the network into 100mbit instead (which would be fine for me), but I don't know how to do that. Do you think this might be the problem, and in that case can you help explain how to force the network drivers to 100mbit mode?
Do you think there could be other solutions to the problem?
Kind Regards,
-Vanvid-
I have just installed 11.10 on my new computer. The installation process was quite long, downloading packages took a very long time. When the installation was finally done I found out I seem to have network problems (which could explain the long installation process).
The KDE network manager will often tell me that no network traffic is going on at all (even though I'm trying to do stuff involving the network - like upgrading packages), but it _will_ show the network as connected (wired ethernet, 1gbit).
dmesg will show many many (20-50) lines of 'eth 0 up' (but curiously no 'eth 0 down'??).
When these things happen, applications hang (I guess they're trying to use the network).
I don't suspect anything is wrong with either the cable, or the router as network used to work fine on my old computer (also using 11.10, same cable, same router), and the new network controller should be fine as well as the network is working flawlessly in windows.
I have heard that problems like these might be caused by the gigabit option, and that I should maybe try to force the network into 100mbit instead (which would be fine for me), but I don't know how to do that. Do you think this might be the problem, and in that case can you help explain how to force the network drivers to 100mbit mode?
Do you think there could be other solutions to the problem?
Kind Regards,
-Vanvid-
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