FC6 has gotten me frustrated

[dsavage at peaknet.net]

> After fighting with For 9 months I am exhausted. I had to get the sound
> card to be recognized, to get the machine to shutoff when I shut it
> down, etc it has finally almost defeated me. It has worked for 6 months
> or more but suddenly during a yum update last week the network slowed
> down to a crawl. I did not update anything for awhile but now to use the
> web browser to load the web page of the local lan's router takes maybe 5
> minutes if it loads at all.
>
> I can ping the router with out problem but yum actions just slow to a
> halt, going to an external web page is impossible.
>
> The resolv.conf has not changed, neither has the hosts file. Right now I
> am stumped any other suggestions out there.
>
> Since I am  heavy into F7 I am the point of thinking of giving the
> machine to Goodwill. Any help would be appreciated.
> --
> Aaron Konstam

Aaron,

I may be having a similar experience shutting down FC6 on a Thinkpad. My
workaround has been to stop my 3com wireless card (Atheros) and nfs
service before doing an init 0. Why? I haven't a clue.

I'm hoping F7 doesn't have this problem.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL