On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 18:43, Danesh Daroui wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a FC3 user. I have connected a broadband internet CAT5 cable (8 > Mbit/1 Mbit) to this system. Before FC3, I was using Windows XP and the > speed was fine, but when I installed FC3, the speed got low dramatically > ! The only change I have made is that I used a long cable (Maybe 8 m or > more) to connect that system to internet. Can it be a reason that could > increase the error rate ? I use a wireless LAN and can use a USB > wireless adapter but I am not sure if FC3 is compatible with wireless > networks or not, however it says it does. Have anyone any suggestions or > experience about this problem ? > Your 8m cable length is not an issue - is this a pre-made cable or one you made? Sounds like you might have a duplex mismatch - you can use "ifconfig -a" and look for excessive errors - if you are connecting to a switch you should see none - if you are using a hub a few errors are OK. Check the speed on the Fedora end using "dmesg | grep eth0" to see it it's 10-half, 10-full, 100-half or 100-full duplex - make sure your switch is the same.
