On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 00:43 +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > 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 ? try another cable. if this is not a manufactured cable, it could be that the ordering of the color coded wires into the plug is incorrect, leading to noise induced data errors. -Marty