[opensuse] R11.2 RC2 and network problems
HI Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it. regards Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it.
YES! I started a long thread on this a month or so ago, and we never really got anywhere - I assumed it was my ISP since it seemed to be only me that was having the problem. I stopped chasing it down though, as the 11.2 release seems to have fixed it... it didn't seem worth spending more time on the problem. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 08:26:18 Clayton wrote:
Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it.
YES! I started a long thread on this a month or so ago, and we never really got anywhere - I assumed it was my ISP since it seemed to be only me that was having the problem. I stopped chasing it down though, as the 11.2 release seems to have fixed it... it didn't seem worth spending more time on the problem.
C.
I don't think its the ISP as my other box is still 11.1 and its fine. There are a few posts around the net with solutions that require editting files but they are written for the benefit of those in the know of the internals. e.g i tried the suggestion "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" and got this response "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory" Then it says "To disable IPv6 permanently add a line to /etc/sysctl.conf: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" But as i got the error to the previous "sysctl" suggestion, i didn't see the point of trying it (maybe i should have). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
ianseeks wrote:
e.g i tried the suggestion "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" and got this response "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory"
Something is wrong with your system - I just tried the above on a fresh RC2 install: # sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 # sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (4.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 08:49:09 Per Jessen wrote:
ianseeks wrote:
e.g i tried the suggestion "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" and got this response "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory"
Something is wrong with your system - I just tried the above on a fresh RC2 install:
# sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 # sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
/Per
Thanks Per. I did update the repos and download updates since the install as this is also where i discovered the network throttling happening as it took all night and part of the morning to download and install the updates. I might try a clean install from DVD and then do the "sysctl" or just wait for the full release as this is only on a backup machine i use to test new releases. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
ianseeks wrote:
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 08:49:09 Per Jessen wrote:
ianseeks wrote:
e.g i tried the suggestion "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" and got this response "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory"
Something is wrong with your system - I just tried the above on a fresh RC2 install:
# sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 # sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
/Per
Thanks Per. I did update the repos and download updates since the install as this is also where i discovered the network throttling happening as it took all night and part of the morning to download and install the updates. I might try a clean install from DVD and then do the "sysctl" or just wait for the full release as this is only on a backup machine i use to test new releases.
Ian, just FYI - I have never experienced any problems wrt IPv6 being active, and I've also never bothered disabling it. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.0°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/11/09 20:10, ianseeks wrote:
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 08:49:09 Per Jessen wrote:
ianseeks wrote:
e.g i tried the suggestion "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" and got this response "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory"
Something is wrong with your system - I just tried the above on a fresh RC2 install:
# sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 # sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
/Per
Thanks Per. I did update the repos and download updates since the install as this is also where i discovered the network throttling happening as it took all night and part of the morning to download and install the updates. I might try a clean install from DVD and then do the "sysctl" or just wait for the full release as this is only on a backup machine i use to test new releases.
I realise that it always either "courses for horses" or "it has always worked for me" :-) :-) , but I have not had this problem with either 11.1 or 11.2 (or at any other time). May I suggest that you do a fresh, clean install of 11.2 off the DVD and not do an upgrade (if this is what you have been doing) using any other means? It took me just a short time to install and update 11.2 to its pre-release version (due out tomorrow - we all hope! :-) ) BC -- I work to live not live to work. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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HI
Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it.
regards
Ian
Rather than poking around randomly changing machine settings it is probably best to monitor the network communication from the machine having the problem and see if you can identify any particular problematic activity patterns. (Preferably from a problem free machine, as well as the problem machine itself if it is machine specific). There are a range of tools available which can be used for this purpose. Just because the user experience seems to have stalled does not mean the network related activity is not taking place. Unfortunately, a little knowledge of networking is usually required to make head or tail of what is going on. But if you are able to identify a problem you are half way to a solution. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr5PvYACgkQasN0sSnLmgLQdQCeMjvOq9AFZd4QEHVRiJ399jQA zFEAoMvGQeCXPPMV8NpoeEpSkPju8mXI =sdG4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 10:22:46 G T Smith wrote:
ianseeks wrote:
HI
Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it.
regards
Ian
Rather than poking around randomly changing machine settings it is probably best to monitor the network communication from the machine having the problem and see if you can identify any particular problematic activity patterns. (Preferably from a problem free machine, as well as the problem machine itself if it is machine specific). There are a range of tools available which can be used for this purpose.
Just because the user experience seems to have stalled does not mean the network related activity is not taking place.
Unfortunately, a little knowledge of networking is usually required to make head or tail of what is going on. But if you are able to identify a problem you are half way to a solution.
Thanks. I'm going to try what Terry suggested and then maybe delve a little deeper but i maybe wait until after the final comes out in case it "cures" the issue. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 08:22 +0000, ianseeks wrote:
HI
Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it.
Ian, (1) Enable ipv6 (2)yast/network setting -Check traditional ifup (disable network manager) -Hostname/DNS and add the DNS servers from you ISP or you can use one of the public DNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 Reboot and see if you notice a difference. You can check it like $time wget http://en.opensuse.org and compare both with and without the DNS servers. -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 13:01:42 Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 08:22 +0000, ianseeks wrote:
HI
Anyone else suffering a stalling network? It works fine for a little while, it the stalls for a while and then works for a while. It makes for a very bad browser experience. I've disabled IPV6 through Yast as i believe that having IPV6 running can cause performance issues but this does not seem to cure it.
Ian,
(1) Enable ipv6
(2)yast/network setting
-Check traditional ifup (disable network manager)
-Hostname/DNS and add the DNS servers from you ISP or you can use one of the public DNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Reboot and see if you notice a difference.
You can check it like
$time wget http://en.opensuse.org
and compare both with and without the DNS servers.
-=terry=-
Thanks Terry. I'll give that a go at the weekend. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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