Fedora 8 x86_64 and slow internet.

paralizer · #1 2008-01-30, 07:53 AM CST

Hi all. I have installed Fedora 8 x86_64 a couple of weeks ago, and since then I have this problem. Everything is working just fine, except my internet connection, which is very slow. I have 10Mbps connection and I do not have this problem on any other OS. I have tested this with WindowXP, Fedora 8 32 bit. Debian etc... So I think that the problem is definitely with Fedora 8 x86_64. I have also used various DNS servers, browser, but still the same. I do not have this problem when I download something. Only when I surf web pages. I use FireFox. I have also tried this using Opera, and Konqueror but still the same. Also, I use GNOME.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this.

Thanks in advance.

marko · #2 2008-01-30, 09:46 AM CST

see post #3 inside this thread:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=179203

Mark

paralizer · #3 2008-01-30, 01:41 PM CST

Thanks, it;s working.

Quote:

Originally Posted by marko

see post #3 inside this thread:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=179203

Mark

ntrajesh · #4 2008-02-13, 09:02 AM CST

SYMPTOMS
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LAN connectivity was fine.
Speed Browsing from Windos XP was fine.
Fedora 8 x86_64 with firefox, slow in opening web pages (download speed 6k ~12k)
yum install (any updates ) would fail and start slow with alternative sites and then pickup download speed.

RESOLUTION
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disable ipv6 on firefox (open firefox and on the URL bar type "about:config" search for ipv6, change the value disbale IPV6 to "TRUE")

edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the following lines

#Control TCP Windows Scalling
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0

Thanks
Rajesh Bhabaraju ( Frankfort, KY-USA)