[Solved]Major Archlinux internet slowdown?

Oblitus · 2009-01-10 23:43:27

Hi guys

As described above, I'm getting slow internet connection with Arch (getting speeds of 18-56 kb/s! or few burst of 156 kb/s. My service is 768 kb/s). This just started to happen recently, I usually never encountered this problem a few upgrades back (probably 2). Has there been any major overhaul toward DHCP? Well my network settings are set to DHCP (as you just figured out ). Is there something important I neglected to read? My internet speed is perfectly fine on my windows OS system, but every-time I use windows I lose a little bit of myself . Also it took a hell of a time for Arch Linux to load up this forum (1-2 minute). Could it be a DNS issue?

P.S.
Been using Arch Linux for 2 years (and proud).

Last edited by Oblitus (2009-01-13 00:58:59)

droog · 2009-01-10 23:56:56

the mirorlist was just updated so if this is just while upgrading packages you should use a different mirror.

ftp.archlinux.org, if you're using it is throttled to around 50 kb/s i think, and might explain this.

Oblitus · 2009-01-11 00:01:08

Well . . . I was referring to the causal use of the Internet towards any website. Not Arch itself , but it does affect my upgrade speeds

u_no_hu · 2009-01-11 04:09:01

Have you specified hostname in /etc/hosts?

And a few more details will be helpful.......

Oblitus · 2009-01-11 12:44:16

Do I have to specify a host name under DHCP?

Here's my hosts file

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname>
127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain    localhost

# End of file

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, but what information would be valuable? Should I switch to Static IP, manually add the host names and IP? The problem with that answer is that I have a dynamic IP.

Last edited by Oblitus (2009-01-11 12:48:13)

Xyne · 2009-01-11 13:08:03

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … tc.2Fhosts

Beginners Guide wrote:

Add your hostname, coinciding with the one specified in /etc/rc.conf, as an alias, so that it looks like this:
127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain   localhost yourhostname
Note: This format, including the 'localhost' and your actual host name, is required for program compatibility! Errors in this entry may cause poor network performance and/or certain programs to open very slowly, or not work at all. This is a very common error for beginners.

Oblitus · 2009-01-12 22:51:16

An example please?

Those words need to be little bit specific?

So if I choose XYZ as my hostname in my rc.conf file, then it needs to be written like this?

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain       localhost  XYZ

Last edited by Oblitus (2009-01-12 23:33:55)

mcmillan · 2009-01-12 23:29:16

Oblitus wrote:

An example please?
Those words need to be little bit specific?
So if I choose XYZ as my hostname in my rc.conf file then it needs to be written like this?
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain       localhost  XYZ

That's the right format, though that goes into /etc/hosts not /etc/rc.conf. In rc.conf you just need to make sure the entry under HOSTNAME=XYZ matchs what's in /etc/hosts

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[Solved]Major Archlinux internet slowdown?

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