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shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

[SOLVED] slow internet speed with openbox

Hi everyone !

I've installed archlinux with openbox only and i have a strange issue . I've noticed that pacman and generally the webpages take some time to start connecting

I use ethernet to connect and i don't have this issue with winxp . I've never had this issue with gnome so i don't know what might be the cause . THe download speed is fine , i get full speeds

from downloads but when i use pacman or firefox it takes a long time to connect to webpages or find the packages with pacman .

Thanks for your help everyone

Last edited by shak (2010-07-27 12:07:48)

splittercode

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From: WI, USA

Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 203

Re: [SOLVED] slow internet speed with openbox

Try disabling the IPv6 module

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IPv … the_Module
(you can ignore the last line about rebuilding the kernel ram disk)

It worked for myself and many others, and I'm betting that's what is slowing you down too.
You'll have to restart after you add that line to modprobe.conf for it to take effect.

Last edited by splittercode (2010-07-27 11:47:13)

shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Re: [SOLVED] slow internet speed with openbox

It worked out great . Thanks a lot for your help !

nixpunk

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Registered: 2009-11-23

Posts: 271

Re: [SOLVED] slow internet speed with openbox

You should probably mark this thread solved.

shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Re: [SOLVED] slow internet speed with openbox

ok done