So as far as we can tell the issue is directly related to some element
withing the software environment. Can the problem be reproduced on a
Window$ box or even at your Hardware Based Linux firewall?<br>
<br>
If either of these boxes work well and show no signs of trouble than
you may consider looking for a new or recompiled kernel? modules for
your nic? Also, and I apologize for my condescension, have you tried
other browsers. But aside from any of that and keeping in mind that the
issue may be related to something more abstract and beyond my realm
(kids playing with configs and questionable ISP's) thus warranting more
drastic measures. <br>
<br>
Good luck-<br>
Justin<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/9/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">John</b> <<a href="mailto:john_82@tiscali.co.uk">john_82@tiscali.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Justin<br>I can't do that as it's a zoom adsl x5 everything is combined in one box. I<br>have tried the hard reset button which is guaranteed to restore factory<br>defaults which is how the unit has worked for about 2years. I do have a
<br>defunct dsl modem that was reprogrammed by some one on the net. The x5 can<br>only be reprogrammed from the PC and that needs a password as far as I am<br>aware. The x5 is a nice unit. It tells me the following.<br> Upstream Downstream
<br>Signal
To Noise
31.0 26.6 dB<br>Line
Attenuation 5.5
11.8 dB<br>Errored
Seconds
0
0<br>Loss Of
Signal 0
0<br>Loss Of
Frame
0
0<br>CRC
Errors 0
0<br>Data
Rate
288
2272 kbps<br>Latency
Fast Fast<br><br>It accumulates errors indefinitely. Speed tests range from 750 to 960 kbps<br>which is ok as tiscali do say up to 1mbps<br>I use a 100mbps network card to talk to it. Can't see any problem there
<br>either.<br>I believe that the x5 determines the dns servers itself automatically but<br>programming them in makes no difference.<br><br>HELP<br>John<br><br>On Thursday 08 December 2005 13:28, you wrote:<br>> Just a point worth checking. But you have a private IP
<a href="http://10.0.0.8">10.0.0.8</a>. This, I<br>> assume was handed to you by your router, this device than goes through your<br>> modem. If you have DSL than NAT will take place another time. Cable modems<br>> will give you a routable IP.
<br>> I would think that NAT (Network Adress Translation) is occuring on your<br>> Router. A packet of data is sent from your box with an IP of <a href="http://10.0.0.8">10.0.0.8</a>, but<br>> when it goes through your router, it must be given a routable IP so it can
<br>> get back to you from the site you are trying to visit. This often causes<br>> anerly imperceptible bottle neck in your packet traffic (if everything is<br>> going well).<br>><br>> Try, just for testing purposes, connecting directly to your DSL/Cable modem
<br>> to eliminate one or the other as the potential culprit.<br>><br>> Good Luck-<br>> Justin<br>><br>> On 12/7/05, John <<a href="mailto:john_82@tiscali.co.uk">john_82@tiscali.co.uk
</a>> wrote:<br>> > Hi<br>> > I have made use of <a href="http://grc.com">grc.com</a> for some years now - my machine doesn't<br>> > stealth. I<br>> > use the linux firewall and the router is a zoom adsl x5. It does have an
<br>> > inbuilt firewall. <a href="http://grc.com">grc.com</a> has info on turning off certain aspects of<br>> > this type of router.<br>> > I can't see any odd network activity and traces of any addresses used all
<br>> > go<br>> > back to tiscali. Seem to remember reading about tansparent proxies on grc<br>> > though but that's a really paranoid thought.<br>> > If no one can come up with anything it looks like I am going to have to
<br>> > completely reload my machine from scratch. That will bring back awefull<br>> > memories of windoze. I have xp on this machine too but I can't use it as<br>> > a recent update of nero and then xp has totally trashed it. It takes 3 to
<br>> > 4 hours to reload everything! At least Linux is quicker.<br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> > John<br>> ><br>> > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 18:55, you wrote:<br>> > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 18:54, John wrote:
<br>> > > > Thanks but still no luck.<br>> > > > Changing the mtu had no effect. export KDE_NO_IPV6=1 noticabley<br>> > > > slowed down the lookup, changed the way the tiscali page loaded but
<br>> > > > was still very very slow. If I then use shift F5 the load is much the<br>> > > > same as it was before. I have restored firfox to it's former glory<br>> > > > and it has the same problems. It was hanging on start up following a
<br>> > > > symbolic link to<br>> ><br>> > a<br>> ><br>> > > > java library installed by following the instructions on their web<br>> ><br>> > site.<br>> ><br>> > > > I have one other symptom to add if I manually check for emails with
<br>> ><br>> > Kmail<br>> ><br>> > > > the access light on the router blinks several times about 4 secs<br>> > > > apart for each address checked. Normally 4 addresses usually take
<br>> > > > that<br>> ><br>> > amount<br>> ><br>> > > > of time in total. That is why I thought that it was a line fault.<br>> > > > Also I have had this sort of thing before but a reboot has sorted it
<br>> ><br>> > out.<br>> ><br>> > > > I believe that it has only occurred following my 14 year olds use of<br>> ><br>> > the<br>> ><br>> > > > computer - he may have an interest in certain aspects of Brit. Spears
<br>> > > > anatomy etc. I'm sure that he hasn't changed settings but have<br>> ><br>> > wondered<br>> ><br>> > > > about hacking etc. He did use the machine before this particular
<br>> ><br>> > problem<br>> ><br>> > > > cropped up.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Regards<br>> > > > John<br>> > > ><br>> > > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 14:16, Philip Rodrigues wrote:
<br>> > > > > John wrote:<br>> > > > > > Hello All<br>> > > > > > My machine has started downloading web pages very slowly. A page<br>> ><br>> > like<br>> >
<br>> > > > > > <a href="http://tiscali.co.uk">tiscali.co.uk</a> takes 2 to 3 mins. KMail also takes about 2 mins to<br>> > > > > > check<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > For the web problems, try loading pages in firefox or some other
<br>> > > > > browser. Also, try setting the environment variable KDE_NO_IPV6=1 .<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Regards,<br>> > > > > Philip<br>> > ><br>> > > This is just a thought as you mentioned your son had had his hands on
<br>> ><br>> > the<br>> ><br>> > > buttons. After my son had visited me, I found a definately unwanted URL<br>> ><br>> > on<br>> ><br>> > > my list, and about that time I had a lot of unexplained incoming
<br>> ><br>> > traffic,<br>> ><br>> > > verified by running, netstat -a , as root. which showed an unknown<br>> ><br>> > foreign<br>> ><br>> > > address. Rebooting got rid of the foreign address, which thankfully has
<br>> ><br>> > not<br>> ><br>> > > come back, and I removed the dodgy URL references. I'd suggest using<br>> ><br>> > Ksim,<br>> ><br>> > > KDE's monitor for network traffic, cpu useage, etc. After KDE on Fedora
<br>> > > Core !, this is now a panel extension, and added to the desktop with,<br>> ><br>> > right<br>> ><br>> > > click on the panel,add, panel, ksim. This should show you if you have
<br>> > > unusual amounts of incoming or outgoing traffic that may be tying up<br>> > > bandwidth. Also it's probably worth checking that the firewall is<br>> > > secure and stealthed. You can run a firewall check using Shields Up,
<br>> > > at, <a href="http://www.grc.com">http://www.grc.com</a>. I presume your router has a built in firewall,<br>> > > but<br>> ><br>> > it's<br>> ><br>> > > worth setting up Ksim, just to see whats going on traffic wise. This
<br>> > > may<br>> ><br>> > be<br>> ><br>> > > nothing to do with your problem, but perhaps worth a look. Nigel.<br>> > ><br>> > > > ___________________________________________________
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