"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On 2004-01-17, enantiomer penned: > > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >> On 2004-01-15, enantiomer penned: > >> > > >> > ----------------------resolv.conf > >> > ------------------------------------ search eggnog nameserver > >> > 204.127.198.4 -----------------------end > >> > resolv.conf--------------------------------- > >> > > >> > As I understand it, search represents the local domain.. i couldn't > >> > remember if that was what I named my local domain or not... is > >> > there a way to check this? Also, the nameserver is the same one > >> > that I use for my other linux machine, which works just fine. BTW, > >> > the machine that isn't working well is a laptop with a pcmcia > >> > network card, if that is relevant? I'm totally in the dark when it > >> > comes to linux networking configurations. Anyone see anything wrong > >> > of have any advise? Thanks a million, Jon > >> > > >> > >> What is eggnog? A machine name? > > I believe that eggnog is the nonsense name that I gave as the name of > > my domain, although I am not absolutely certain (is there anyway to > > see what I have listed as my domain?). the network configuration tool > > put it in automatically i think. I tried taking it out and it didn't > > do anything, so I don't think that it is the issue... I am using > > mozilla 1.0 currently, could that be part of the problem? I really > > don't know what could be causing these delays. Well, thanks. > > Enantiomer btw, thanks for the info on how search works. > > I'm not sure, then, either =/ > > -- > monique
I found the problem. It wasn't related to linux at all. The ethernet cable that I was using had problems. when I plugged in a new cable, i got 0 packet loss and fast webpage loading. Thanks for advise anyways, Enantiomer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]