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    [SOLVED] Really slow internet

    Hi again

    Been away for a while but now I return with a weird problem...browsing is too slow.
    It works, but it takes 40+ seconds to load a page.
    I've already done some research on it...the nameservers are fine; I'm not using a router either and IPv6 is disabled from the network manager.
    This is only happening on linux though. I'm dual-booting maverick & windoze 7 and browsing on windoze was really fast (windows isn't working anymore.)

    I use google chrome, firefox and rekonq.


    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    ElWray
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    #2
    Re: Really slow internet

    Please explain how you are connecting to the internet, ie; modem and brand/model, 3g stick or whatever, by cable or wireless.
    You don&#39;t need a license to drive a sandwich.
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      #3
      Re: Really slow internet

      Cable; no modem, no stick, nothing else
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        #4
        Re: Really slow internet

        I would suggest that being so slow that your network connection is having problems resolving the host.

        The other possibility is that your proxy settings are configured to autodetect which can slow things down dramatically.
        Go to K-menu/Aplications/System/System Settings and click on Network Settings.
        Choose the Proxy button on the left and check that the "Connect to the internet directly" radio button is selected.

        The network manager is quite disliked by many as not working well or as expected. Personally though I have not had much issue with it of late.
        I am going to assume that you are connected by LAN cable to an ADSL or cable modem.
        If this is the case then it should have a DHCP server built in.
        Open a terminal (K-menu/Applications/System/Terminal) and type "ifconfig"
        This will give you a list of your active network adapters and their settings.
        You can then use the information from this to identify your network adapter, usually eth0, and type the following: "sudo dhclient eth0"
        This will reset your connection and renew the DHCP information.

        If this does not do the trick then I would suggest that you get your adapter settings from Windows, along with the DNS settings and write them down.
        Open your resolve.conf file from terminal with the following command: "kdesudo kate /etc/resolve.conf"
        It should contain the address of your gateway (usually your router or modem ip address).
        If it doesn't then you will need to add it.
        You may also need to add nameserver entries for your ISPs DNS servers, although these should already be entered in you modem's settings.

        There is a good post here http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...iguration.html on how to configure a static address if none of the above works for you and you need to go static. I would not do that from the network manager.
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          #5
          Re: Really slow internet

          Originally posted by Pillage Idiot

          There is a good post here http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...iguration.html on how to configure a static address if none of the above works for you and you need to go static. I would not do that from the network manager.
          I have a static IP address.

          EDIT: removed network-manager, configured everything manually, disabled IPv6 (edited grub; it was set to "ignore" in the network manager before).
          It's a bit faster now. Just a bit, but still, better than before.
          Anything else I could do to improve it?

          Thanks
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            #6
            Re: Really slow internet

            When you run ifconfig at the CLI what does it say your MTU is?
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              #7
              Re: Really slow internet

              Originally posted by Detonate
              When you run ifconfig at the CLI what does it say your MTU is?
              MTU: 1500 for eth1

              lo - MTU: 16436
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                #8
                Re: Really slow internet

                Run the following command and post the results.

                Code:
                ping -c6 [url]www.google.com[/url]
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                  Re: Really slow internet

                  Code:
                  64 bytes from hb-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.87.99): icmp_req=1 ttl=56 time=34.0 ms
64 bytes from hb-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.87.99): icmp_req=2 ttl=56 time=34.5 ms
64 bytes from hb-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.87.99): icmp_req=3 ttl=56 time=34.0 ms
64 bytes from hb-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.87.99): icmp_req=4 ttl=56 time=33.6 ms
64 bytes from hb-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.87.99): icmp_req=5 ttl=56 time=34.1 ms
64 bytes from hb-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.87.99): icmp_req=6 ttl=56 time=34.2 ms

--- [url]www.l.google.com[/url] ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 25205ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 33.610/34.105/34.575/0.360 ms
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                    #10
                    Re: Really slow internet

                    This is what th same thing on mine says:
                    Code:
                    PING [url]www.l.google.com[/url] (74.125.47.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_req=1 ttl=56 time=83.5 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_req=2 ttl=56 time=85.5 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_req=3 ttl=56 time=85.8 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_req=4 ttl=56 time=83.8 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_req=5 ttl=56 time=83.1 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_req=6 ttl=56 time=85.5 ms

--- [url]www.l.google.com[/url] ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 83.169/84.600/85.884/1.141 ms
                    What this says to me is that your connection is fine, but something is causing your your connection to take a lot more time to render the total results than mine. Compare the time on mine, 5006ms, with yours, 25205ms. I think you should try a different DNS. Two that work for me are OpenDNS an Google DNS. The above results are with Google DNS which are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. To see if this is really the problem let's run ping again using the actual IP address instead of the URL.
                    Code:
                    ping -c6 74.125.47.103
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                      #11
                      Re: Really slow internet

                      Code:
                      PING 74.125.47.103 (74.125.47.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 74.125.47.103: icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=136 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.47.103: icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=137 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.47.103: icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=137 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.47.103: icmp_req=4 ttl=55 time=137 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.47.103: icmp_req=5 ttl=55 time=137 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.47.103: icmp_req=6 ttl=55 time=135 ms

--- 74.125.47.103 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 135.590/137.044/137.989/0.943 ms
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                        #12
                        Re: Really slow internet

                        Certainly appears to be a DNS issue! 25205ms down to 5005ms.

                        IF you are connecting through an actual router, what DNSs are you using? IF not using a router, what do you have in your /etc/network/interfaces file?
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                          #13
                          Re: Really slow internet

                          Not using a router. Got a direct cable connection in my apartment.
                          The only thing that's between my network adapter and the ISP's switch here is a cable.

                          Code:
                          auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 82.76.180.250
netmask 255.255.255.128
gateway 82.76.180.129
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                            #14
                            Re: Really slow internet

                            Okay. Now, what is in your /etc/resolv.conf file.
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                              #15
                              Re: Really slow internet

                              Code:
                              nameserver 192.231.252.1
nameserver 213.154.124.1
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