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« on: August 14, 2009, 10:40:13 AM » |
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I have a windows pc which runs the main internet connection ! now the problem is this when I boot my second pc on windows ... the internet runs smoothly ! but when I boot the 2nd pc on unix ... the internet seems to slowing down significantly ! thoughts ?  PS : Glad to be back at The CACHE ! |
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2009, 11:33:19 AM » |
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What kind of Unix?
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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2009, 12:00:04 PM » |
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Are you saying that ping times are different, or that browser rendering time is different?
Are you using the same version of FF in both Unix and Windows to do your testing?
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2009, 04:27:46 PM » |
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What kind of Unix?
linux Are you saying that ping times are different, or that browser rendering time is different?
ping time are different Are you using the same version of FF in both Unix and Windows to do your testing?
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 08:31:02 AM » |
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Yeah, what flavor of Linux?
If you're talking about web browsing, that's so abstracted from the kernel's TCP stack that it probably has nothing to do with the OS itself. Actually, Linux/UNIX and Windows both use pretty much the exact same assembler code for pushing and popping from the TCP stack (though it's threaded), so it's got to be higher level than that. Driver issue?
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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 02:09:16 AM » |
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Yeah, what flavor of Linux?
Linux Mint If you're talking about web browsing, that's so abstracted from the kernel's TCP stack that it probably has nothing to do with the OS itself. Actually, Linux/UNIX and Windows both use pretty much the exact same assembler code for pushing and popping from the TCP stack (though it's threaded), so it's got to be higher level than that. Driver issue?
Well ... I don't think it's a driver issue ... because now I'm at my parents house ... but when I was home I had a router and everything worked smoothly on Linux ! I think something it's stuck ... but I don't know where to search ... anyway ... I've posted this question on the LinuxMint forums and will see if I can get any help directly from the source  |
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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 06:29:39 AM » |
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try searching for disabling ipv6.
it might have something to do with you hosts file.
i've seen people complain about slow speeds before and had those things suggested to them but i don't really know.
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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2009, 07:31:25 AM » |
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try searching for disabling ipv6.
it might have something to do with you hosts file.
i've seen people complain about slow speeds before and had those things suggested to them but i don't really know.
nope ... not working  Also if I try wget in terminal for some sites ... not responding It's telling me that a HTTP request has been sent, and it's awaiting response ! |
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2009, 08:19:51 AM » |
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open a command prompt, type in "ifconfig". Do you have a valid IP, on the same subnet as all the other machines on your network?
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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2009, 08:26:29 AM » |
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open a command prompt, type in "ifconfig". Do you have a valid IP, on the same subnet as all the other machines on your network?
ip address : 192.168.0.109 (yesterday was 192.168.0.39) - can I fix this to remain always 192.168.0.2 ? the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 - so everyhing is fine !  |
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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2009, 09:07:01 AM » |
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type in "nslookup google.com" and see what it comes back with.
If it comes back with nothing or times out, it means that the network you're on isn't dishing out DNS servers through its gateway or DHCP server. Specify a couple of backbone DNS servers like 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2
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« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2009, 10:10:00 AM » |
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I get troubles intermittently with the 4.2 servers ... believe it or not I get better response talking to the first-hop Cox DNS boxes. Often I get latencies in the full second++ zone with the 4.2s. Really weird.
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« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2009, 10:21:07 AM » |
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the 4.2's belong to AT&T and it really depends upon where you are geographically which set you should specify. 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 are good if you're on the East Coast.
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« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2009, 03:24:30 PM » |
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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2009, 07:18:06 AM » |
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Only if his connection is unreliable would his TCP window size matter. Shorter window size for less reliable connections. TBH mine just automatically scales though, I would expect that if he's using a 2.6.x kernel, his scales automatically too.
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