Fedora Core 2 Unbelievably slow

Hi,

I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
port replicator at work.

I have disabled ip v6, enabled iptables (for firewalling) and put in the
following hack:

echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!

Any ideas?

P

Philip N. Daly wrote:

> I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
> port replicator at work.
....
> But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
> when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!
>
> Any ideas?

network driver?
Bad network cable/switch/hub/router?

-- Rex

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Philip N. Daly wrote:
>
>
>>I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
>>port replicator at work.
>
> ...
>
>>But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
>>when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!
>>
>>Any ideas?
>
>
> network driver?
> Bad network cable/switch/hub/router?

Don't think so. I have two machines on a KVM switch and on the same
subnet. The one running RH9 gets >100kB/sec. The FC2 one doesn't.
Although the RH9 machine is a better machine (CPU etc) I don't
believe that the difference is enough. Something esle is wrong
somewhere ...

> I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
> port replicator at work.
>
> I have disabled ip v6, enabled iptables (for firewalling) and put in the
> following hack:
>
> echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
>
> But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
> when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!

Any clues in your firewall logs? Dropped packets?

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Philip N. Daly wrote:

> Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Philip N. Daly wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
>>>port replicator at work.
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
>>>when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> network driver?
>> Bad network cable/switch/hub/router?
>
> Don't think so. I have two machines on a KVM switch and on the same
> subnet. The one running RH9 gets >100kB/sec. The FC2 one doesn't.

You didn't mention what network driver/chipset/driver you're using.
And yes, sometimes a bad network cable can cause loads of dropped packets
(it's easy to check too).

-- Rex

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Philip N. Daly wrote:
>
>
>>Rex Dieter wrote:
>>
>>>Philip N. Daly wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
>>>>port replicator at work.
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>
>>>>But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
>>>>when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>network driver?
>>>Bad network cable/switch/hub/router?
>>
>>Don't think so. I have two machines on a KVM switch and on the same
>>subnet. The one running RH9 gets >100kB/sec. The FC2 one doesn't.
>
>
> You didn't mention what network driver/chipset/driver you're using.
> And yes, sometimes a bad network cable can cause loads of dropped packets
> (it's easy to check too).

3com556 Tornado, Becker's driver. Point is the network performance
*dropped* after upgrading. It was fine before then ;-(

P

Try downloading from a site other than the official RedHat up2date
site. The RedHat site is *always* slow.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:25:14 -0700, "Philip N. Daly" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Philip N. Daly wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>
>>>>Philip N. Daly wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I installed Fedora Core 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. I also use a
>>>>>port replicator at work.
>>>>
>>>>...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>But still I'm seeing very poor response from the network. For example,
>>>>>when I use up2date etc I see transfers at 1-4 kB/sec!
>>>>>
>>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>network driver?
>>>>Bad network cable/switch/hub/router?
>>>
>>>Don't think so. I have two machines on a KVM switch and on the same
>>>subnet. The one running RH9 gets >100kB/sec. The FC2 one doesn't.
>>
>>
>> You didn't mention what network driver/chipset/driver you're using.
>> And yes, sometimes a bad network cable can cause loads of dropped packets
>> (it's easy to check too).
>
>3com556 Tornado, Becker's driver. Point is the network performance
>*dropped* after upgrading. It was fine before then ;-(
>
>P