My cable internet connection seems slower than dial up!!!

[southpaw]

Hello all,
I'm a little confused by this. I did a FreeBSD 6.1 (release) instal on my
Dell Dimension 4500:
Intel Pentium4 @ 2Ghz w/ 512kb L2 cache
Seagate 80gb 7200.9 HDD
1024Mb Kingston RAM (2x 512Mb @333Mhz)
ATI Rage 128 AGP 32Mb Vid card
Sound Blaster Audigy2 soundcard
D-Link DFE 530TX+ 10/100 ethernet card

From the ethernet card I connect to a Linksys EZXS55W 5 port 10/100 Workgroup Switch. Which is then connected to a Linksys WRT54g Wireless/ Wired router and finally from there I connect to a cable modem which was supplied by my isp (Time Warner/ Road Runner).

Everything works great (Install, setup, & config), it all went as smooth as can be. However the problem I seem to be having is related to my internet connection/ speed. It appears as though when ever I install a package via ports the initial download speed runs consistently below 10Kbs. Then when I boot into Windows (RELUCTANTLY, sorry I forgot to mention that I dual boot WinXP and FreeBSD) and download anything on that side of the fence my D/L speed remains consistently at about 300Kbs.

Is this a common thing after installing *BSD???

or...

Is there something I can tweak to adjust my internet connection speed???

As always any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanx

[smp-freak]

when you are behind your router did you by chance set your IP to static instead of DHCP?

perhaps also resetting your router might help as well, or try a different port on your router?

[southpaw]

Nope, I set it to DHCP....

[smp-freak]

Do you still have a dialup speed connection if you hook directly to the roadrunner modem?

[KenJackson]

The ports sites might be busy.
You can get a good speed measurement from speakeasy.net here:

[gos9x]

there I connect to a cable modem which was supplied by my isp (Time Warner/ Road Runner). It appears as though when ever I install a package via ports the initial download speed runs consistently below 10Kbs.

That is slow. Is the problem with Time Warner not supported BSD?

[sarumont]

Nah...Time Warner isn't the problem. I used them while I was in Texas with no problems.

southpaw: Try 'netstat -I<interface_name> -b'. Do you see anything in the 'Ierrs' or 'Oerrs' columns? Also, check the output of 'ifconfig <interface_name>'. See if the 'media' line reads something like:

media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flag0,flag1>)

[oz]

Hi guys... note that this thread is more than 2 years old. I'm going to lock it for that reason.

Please feel free to start a fresh thread with any issues that you might be having.

Sorry for any inconvenience...