i have motorola surfboard modem with network card and it takes for
ever for web sites to download. when i'm in
windows, or cheking out other disro's, it works fine. maybe the fact i
have two network cards (eth0,eth0) has something to do with it? eth0 is an
onboard network card and thats where the modem connected to.
second question:
can i use netconfig in some way to work with eth1?

Moti wrote:

> i have motorola surfboard modem with network card and it takes for
> ever for web sites to download. when i'm in
> windows, or cheking out other disro's, it works fine. maybe the fact i
> have two network cards (eth0,eth0) has something to do with it? eth0 is an
> onboard network card and thats where the modem connected to.

Possible, but unlikely. Of course, if they're both called eth0 then you do
have problems

> second question:
> can i use netconfig in some way to work with eth1?

Not afaik. Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf, it's not really any harder than
doing it with netconfig.

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Moti wrote:

> i have motorola surfboard modem with network card and it takes for
> ever for web sites to download. when i'm in
> windows, or cheking out other disro's, it works fine. maybe the fact i
> have two network cards (eth0,eth0) has something to do with it? eth0 is an
> onboard network card and thats where the modem connected to.
> second question:
> can i use netconfig in some way to work with eth1?

I'm using a Surfboard CM too, not a problem.

To setup eth1 is easy, just edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file, change
the 'USE_DHCP[1]=""' line to 'USE_DHCP[1]="yes"', that's it.

Another thing worth doing if you don't already is running a local DNS cache,
bind or dnsmasq can do that for you (both of which are on the Slack 10 CD
sets).

Blumf

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In alt.os.linux.slackware, Moti dared to utter,
> i have motorola surfboard modem with network card and it takes for
> ever for web sites to download. when i'm in
> windows, or cheking out other disro's, it works fine.

This tends to suggest that there is nothign wrong with the hardware,
but rather with your configuration of this hardware. You've not given
us a lot of information to go on, so I'll be brief. Google for any
problems arising from use of your particular network card. Also, look
at the other distros and see how they use this network card. Do they
pass some sort of option to modprobe at load time for example? Are they
using a patched kernel or something bizarre?

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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Moti wrote:

> i have motorola surfboard modem with network card and it takes for
> ever for web sites to download. when i'm in
> windows, or cheking out other disro's, it works fine. maybe the fact i
> have two network cards (eth0,eth0) has something to do with it? eth0 is
> an onboard network card and thats where the modem connected to.
> second question:
> can i use netconfig in some way to work with eth1?

It might be helpful to know whether the "slowness" is in actual retrieval
or in hostname resolution.

--
Old Man

did u set ur isp domain when u setup internet?

Alan wrote:

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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Moti dared to utter,
>> i have motorola surfboard modem with network card and it takes for
>> ever for web sites to download. when i'm in
>> windows, or cheking out other disro's, it works fine.
>
> Google for any
> problems arising from use of your particular network card. Also, look
> at the other distros and see how they use this network card. Do they
> pass some sort of option to modprobe at load time for example? Are they
> using a patched kernel or something bizarre?

This should be an easy problem. - I have the exact same modem connected to
Knology (my ISP) with downloads around 3 Meg. The bottom line is that it's
basically a good modem.

First, isolate the problem and then, fix what's broke. As a double
check, use the machine address to ping the loopback (127.0.0.1), the
router (If you have one.), then the ISP's modem. If these are good, it's
probably DNS. Numbers for reference from my little $200 Wal-Mart house
server are .08/.7/11 ms.

If the first number is bad, it indicates a slackware config/driver
that's broke and Google is your friend.

If either of the other two numbers are bad, you need to recheck your
assessment of the "other distros", and start over.

LittleJohn
Madison, AL