On Thu June 26 2008 16:07:11 Vikki Roemer wrote: > I'm running Debian Lenny, kernel 2.6.22-3-686 with a mixed > wired/wireless network. The debian box is wired, the windows laptops > are wireless. My network card is > 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10). The modem/router connects to the > wireless router, which in turn connects to the switch that the *nix > boxen are connected to (3 computers, 2 of which are off right now). > > I just got DSL. My router/modem is weird in that it doesn't like > authenticating to anything but windows/IE (got it authenticated and > working, tho), and the first day (yesterday) I was having trouble with > firefox on both my laptop and my workstation, but that seems to have > pretty much cleared up now. The problem I'm having is that the > network seems slower on the Debian box than on the Vista laptop. Is > wireless inherently faster than ethernet, or do I have a bottleneck > somewhere? If there's a bottleneck, how do I track it down?.
Fixing network problems involves determining what is happening, determining what should be happening, determining the reason for the difference, and making changes to get rid of the difference. Network problems are seldom easy. So let's start with a wild guess. Run the following command as root: echo 'blacklist ipv6' >/etc/modprobe.d/no-ipv6 Then reboot and see if performance has improved. It often helps. If it doesn't, you can always "rm /etc/modprobe.d/no-ipv6" to undo it. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
