Very Very long ping time, only on arch, and preload doesn't work

savagenator · 2008-03-19 23:18:54

Arch is the most amazing Linux system I have ever used. I get like a 30 second boot time from start to finish, i'm just wowed.

I am using arch64, and have only 2 problems!
1. I have like a 32ms ping, for any site, toooo big. I have a 3com NIC card which Is currently being used as eth1, and an nvidia network controller on my board eth0. The nvidia controller doesn't work right, so i am using the 3com, with a huge ping time

2. preload isn't working. I have 3gb of RAM, and AMAZINGLY only 400mb of RAM is being used, with 9 tabs in firefox open, compiz-fusion, gnome desktop. DAMN! I want more RAM being used, what is wrong with this?? (the problem is that things start up a little slow, so it must mean it is not staying in the RAM)

Please tell me what I can do to fix these problems!

EDIT: Could it have something to do with the groups I am in, or the preload.conf settings, or the rc.conf file?

Last edited by savagenator (2008-03-19 23:27:03)

iggy · 2008-03-19 23:32:45

this is my ping result:

64 bytes from fk-in-f147.google.com (209.85.129.147): icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=52.8 ms

i totally agree with your second problem. i also use preload and my system only uses 400mb ram. it can be much more. another question about preload: does it remember the information about used programs over a restart of the system?

mfg iggy

Misfit138 · 2008-03-20 01:11:54

Try using static DNS.
If you use DHCP and you don't want your DNS servers to change every time you start your network, add the "-R" option to DHCPCD_ARGS in /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd (used by /etc/rc.d/network). This prevents DHCP from rewriting your /etc/resolv.conf every time:

DHCPCD_ARGS="-R -t 30 -h $HOSTNAME"

then add

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

to your resolv.conf

savagenator · 2008-03-20 15:11:22

Sorry, that did not work. I have ping at 80ms today

and preload still isn't working. I'm using even less RAM at boot up than before: 300mb

praka123 · 2008-03-20 15:49:45

for high ping problems,did u have ipv6 disabled?

iphitus · 2008-03-21 04:41:10

Um, 32/80ms ping for an internet site is good, not bad.

Also, for this "preload" thing you talk about. Arch has no preload method setup by default -- you'll have to find and setup your own.

savagenator · 2008-03-21 06:15:45

i'm sorry, but the long ping time gave me the assumption that it was the cause of my problem, which is web pages take a while to find ( like a fwe seconds)

I got preload to work, just edited it to include /usr;/lib;/opt

mintcoffee · 2008-03-21 06:16:21

I think your ping times are more than reasonable. What were you ping times before? If you're on cable, perhaps your neighbours have learned to use BitTorrent and are now downloading like madmen

mud · 2008-03-21 06:22:18

I saw your latency thingy... though that aint so bad

PING fk-in-f147.google.com (209.85.129.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from fk-in-f147.google.com (209.85.129.147): icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=146 ms

Pinging from norway to... wherever that node is.

and compare that to a norwegian host

PING www.sau.no (194.63.248.23) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from web.domeneshop.no (194.63.248.23): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=86.6 ms

all in all, you should not be so annoyed unless your used to sub 10 ms ofc.. but this is still very quick for a webhost, atleast i think so.

savagenator · 2008-03-21 15:26:57

Well, in windows I get about 20ms.... and same thing in my old distro ubuntu

brebs · 2008-03-21 16:00:47

I think your answer is here.

Anything mentioning the word "preload" is not a newbie topic

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#1 2008-03-19 23:18:54

Very Very long ping time, only on arch, and preload doesn't work

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