Re: Slow network?

[David Talkington <dtalk prairienet org>]

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Blake Thornton wrote:

>My redhat box is networked in for the time being, but I'm not getting the
>network speed I had hoped to have.  I've talked to IT, and they don't
>really want to help me with my linux box, so I figured if it is my
>problem, I might be able to do something.
>
>I'm not sure what to check out on this one.  Could someone direct me at a
>starting place?

Personally, when dealing with an infrastructure that I don't control
and a tech staff that doesn't know jack about anything but Windows --
such as a home broadband link -- I prefer a dual-boot workstation.
Testing your link using the same hardware under Windows will do two
important things right away -- confirm or refute a driver problem, and
eliminate the "we don't support Linux" crap.  In other words, if the
problem goes away in Windows, it's your problem (fix the driver).  If
it doesn't, then at least you know it's physical or network, and tech
support's eyes won't glaze over.

- -d

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David Talkington
http://www.spotnet.org

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