[opensuse] network driver
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection. * * So I don't really know how to change that. * * Thanks, George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a
VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection.
vt6102 is the VIA Rhine driver, which afaicg also supports rtl8201. How do you determine that your internet access has slowed? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (17.3°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 07/27/2011 03:12 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
George Olson wrote:
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a
VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection. vt6102 is the VIA Rhine driver, which afaicg also supports rtl8201.
How do you determine that your internet access has slowed? I determined it like this. I have a laptop connected by wireless to the router about 15 feet from the router, and we have DSL, and my laptop loads standard popular pages like cnn.com quickly and easily, within about 15 seconds. On my desktop with my new SUSE installation, it has a CAT5 cable, 35 m in length, connecting to the same router. My location for the desktop is about 30m away from the router, through several walls, so that is why I ran the cable. It takes 2-3 minutes to load the same page on cnn.com that it takes my laptop 15 seconds to load.
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up.
You could try running Wireshark to see what's happening with that NIC and your network -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 07/27/2011 08:26 PM, James Knott wrote:
George Olson wrote:
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up.
You could try running Wireshark to see what's happening with that NIC and your network
Ok, I will try that. How do I run Wireshark? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
On 07/27/2011 08:26 PM, James Knott wrote:
George Olson wrote:
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up.
You could try running Wireshark to see what's happening with that NIC and your network
Ok, I will try that. How do I run Wireshark?
First you run tcpdump to capture a bunch of network traffic, then you analyze that with wireshark, but I don't think there's any need. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (23.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 07/27/2011 08:42 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
First you run tcpdump to capture a bunch of network traffic, then you analyze that with wireshark, but I don't think there's any need.
FYI, no need to run tcpdump first. Wireshark does the data collection itself. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ed Greshko wrote:
On 07/27/2011 08:42 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
First you run tcpdump to capture a bunch of network traffic, then you analyze that with wireshark, but I don't think there's any need.
FYI, no need to run tcpdump first. Wireshark does the data collection itself.
Good point. (I usually do the data collection on rmeote systems, then run wireshark on my desktop.) /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (23.5°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
Ok, I will try that. How do I run Wireshark?
First you run tcpdump to capture a bunch of network traffic, then you analyze that with wireshark, but I don't think there's any need.
Wireshark is quite capable of capturing traffic by itself. However, it can also read tcpdump files. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Ok, I will try that. How do I run Wireshark?
First you run tcpdump to capture a bunch of network traffic, then you analyze that with wireshark, but I don't think there's any need.
Wireshark is quite capable of capturing traffic by itself.
Yeah, I forgot about that, I hardly ever have any use for it. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (21.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
You could try running Wireshark to see what's happening with that NIC and your network
Ok, I will try that. How do I run Wireshark?
First you have to install it. You can use Yast > Software Management to do that. It'll then be in your menu. When you start it, you have to select which interface you want to monitor. You can find info on running Wireshark here: http://www.wireshark.org/docs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
On 07/27/2011 03:12 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
How do you determine that your internet access has slowed? I determined it like this. I have a laptop connected by wireless to the router about 15 feet from the router, and we have DSL, and my laptop loads standard popular pages like cnn.com quickly and easily, within about 15 seconds. On my desktop with my new SUSE installation, it has a CAT5 cable, 35 m in length, connecting to the same router. My location for the desktop is about 30m away from the router, through several walls, so that is why I ran the cable. It takes 2-3 minutes to load the same page on cnn.com that it takes my laptop 15 seconds to load.
Is it a hardware problem or a software problem? Does your daughter's laptop work when it is connected to that cable? Does your desktop work properly when it is running some other operating system?
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up.
How are IP addresses assigned? That could be a conflict with both machines somehow being given the same address. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
On 07/27/2011 03:12 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
George Olson wrote:
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a
VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection. vt6102 is the VIA Rhine driver, which afaicg also supports rtl8201.
How do you determine that your internet access has slowed?
I determined it like this. I have a laptop connected by wireless to the router about 15 feet from the router, and we have DSL, and my laptop loads standard popular pages like cnn.com quickly and easily, within about 15 seconds. On my desktop with my new SUSE installation, it has a CAT5 cable, 35 m in length, connecting to the same router. My location for the desktop is about 30m away from the router, through several walls, so that is why I ran the cable. It takes 2-3 minutes to load the same page on cnn.com that it takes my laptop 15 seconds to load.
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up.
Does your router perhaps limit the number of concurrent addresses and/or machines? /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (23.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 07/27/2011 08:41 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
George Olson wrote:
George Olson wrote:
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a
VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection.
vt6102 is the VIA Rhine driver, which afaicg also supports rtl8201.
How do you determine that your internet access has slowed? I determined it like this. I have a laptop connected by wireless to
On 07/27/2011 03:12 PM, Per Jessen wrote: the router about 15 feet from the router, and we have DSL, and my laptop loads standard popular pages like cnn.com quickly and easily, within about 15 seconds. On my desktop with my new SUSE installation, it has a CAT5 cable, 35 m in length, connecting to the same router. My location for the desktop is about 30m away from the router, through several walls, so that is why I ran the cable. It takes 2-3 minutes to load the same page on cnn.com that it takes my laptop 15 seconds to load.
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up. Does your router perhaps limit the number of concurrent addresses and/or machines?
/Per
There is no limit that I can see on how many concurrent machines on the router. It assigns by DHCP 100-199. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
On 07/27/2011 08:41 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
George Olson wrote:
George Olson wrote:
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a
VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection.
vt6102 is the VIA Rhine driver, which afaicg also supports rtl8201.
How do you determine that your internet access has slowed? I determined it like this. I have a laptop connected by wireless to
On 07/27/2011 03:12 PM, Per Jessen wrote: the router about 15 feet from the router, and we have DSL, and my laptop loads standard popular pages like cnn.com quickly and easily, within about 15 seconds. On my desktop with my new SUSE installation, it has a CAT5 cable, 35 m in length, connecting to the same router. My location for the desktop is about 30m away from the router, through several walls, so that is why I ran the cable. It takes 2-3 minutes to load the same page on cnn.com that it takes my laptop 15 seconds to load.
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up.
Does your router perhaps limit the number of concurrent addresses and/or machines?
/Per
There is no limit that I can see on how many concurrent machines on the router. It assigns by DHCP 100-199.
The problem wrt your daughters laptop and your new SUSE install clearly indicates that something is wrong with the network config. Your slow access to the internet is only a second indicator, I think. What happens if you connect the laptop (wireless) and then start up your new SUSE board? I expect it would also have trouble connecting, but then we might be able to troubleshoot. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (23.5°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 07/27/2011 09:10 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
George Olson wrote:
On 07/27/2011 08:41 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
George Olson wrote:
George Olson wrote:
I think there is something wrong with my network driver. YAST says that I am running a
VT6102 *(not sure what that means), but since I installed linux on this machine and then connected the cat5 cable to the internet, our internet has slowed down significantly. I have an msi k9vgm_v motherboard and have connected the cat5 cable from my d-link router into the ethernet connection on the board. My board manual says I have a REaltek RTL8201CL 10/100 fast ethernet connection.
vt6102 is the VIA Rhine driver, which afaicg also supports rtl8201.
How do you determine that your internet access has slowed? I determined it like this. I have a laptop connected by wireless to
On 07/27/2011 03:12 PM, Per Jessen wrote: the router about 15 feet from the router, and we have DSL, and my laptop loads standard popular pages like cnn.com quickly and easily, within about 15 seconds. On my desktop with my new SUSE installation, it has a CAT5 cable, 35 m in length, connecting to the same router. My location for the desktop is about 30m away from the router, through several walls, so that is why I ran the cable. It takes 2-3 minutes to load the same page on cnn.com that it takes my laptop 15 seconds to load.
Also, when my new SUSE installed desktop is on and connected, my daughter cannot connect her macintosh laptop by wireless to our router. But as soon as I turned off my SUSE linux installation, her macintosh laptop connected right up. Does your router perhaps limit the number of concurrent addresses and/or machines?
/Per
There is no limit that I can see on how many concurrent machines on the router. It assigns by DHCP 100-199. The problem wrt your daughters laptop and your new SUSE install clearly indicates that something is wrong with the network config. Your slow access to the internet is only a second indicator, I think. What happens if you connect the laptop (wireless) and then start up your new SUSE board? I expect it would also have trouble connecting, but then we might be able to troubleshoot.
/Per
I have not been able to reproduce the problem with my daughter's laptop within the last couple of hours. However, my suse pc is still slower than my windows vista pc by a significant margin (10 sec to open a website on my laptop, 1 min 10 sec to open the same website on my suse pc). So I just took the cat5 cable out of the back of my desktop and plugged it into my laptop (with the laptop wireless off) and I could not get my laptop to connect to the internet at all through the cable. So the whole thing must have been caused by a bad cable. However, I still don't understand why I am able to the internet through this cat5 cable on my desktop while my laptop won't connect, or why it caused my daughter's computer to not be able to connect this afternoon. Strange. I will probably try and replace the cable and see if that fixes the slowness problem. Does anyone have a website that is good for testing your internet connection speed? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 09:17:31 AM George Olson wrote:
Does anyone have a website that is good for testing your internet connection speed?
There are a bunch! Google network speed test and you'll get 'em all. speedtest.net, speakeasy.net are just two . They'll each do something different so look til you have one you like. Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
The problem wrt your daughters laptop and your new SUSE install clearly indicates that something is wrong with the network config. Your slow access to the internet is only a second indicator, I think. What happens if you connect the laptop (wireless) and then start up your new SUSE board? I expect it would also have trouble connecting, but then we might be able to troubleshoot.
/Per
I have not been able to reproduce the problem with my daughter's laptop within the last couple of hours. However, my suse pc is still slower than my windows vista pc by a significant margin (10 sec to open a website on my laptop, 1 min 10 sec to open the same website on my suse pc).
That sounds like lots of retries and/or errors. Check the error counters on the network interface - open a command shell, then "ifconfig <device>", e.g. "ifconfig eth0". /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (21.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
George Olson wrote:
Does anyone have a website that is good for testing your internet connection speed?
The best one depends on your location. However, a popular one is speedtest.net. It's a good idea to test with more than one site, to rule out a slow one skewing your results. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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