Pleeeeeeezz Make this work!

[kenibus]

OK,
First, thanks for looking at my post.
Second, I need help figuring out my networking problem.

I have mdk 10, on an a7v8x MB, and a barton xp2500, 512 corsair pc 3200, yada yada.

I, until late had the a7n8x board, same with the nvidia chipset. I killed that board (no need to get into details), and replaced it with its via counterpart.
I have found since then that I have networking problems with mdk10 and/or the 2.6.x kernel. With an older version of mandrake (9.2 with the 2.4.x kernel) it works fine.
It should be noted however, that I tried another nic in this system, and had the same issue, so it may have nothing to do with the kernel or MB at all.
So heres whats happening.....

My system is cool with my lan card. I can get to most websites through my dsl.
I am experiencing no packet loss, or out of control latency. BUT: 95% of all websites can't load. At best the same websites just time out or trickle in halfway and then time out.
This page (for example) as well as some other .orgs can load perfectly and quickly. But most pages (google, msn. cnn, etc..) will not load. Maybe some text, and then a time out failure.

I have tried the most obvious solutions, including constant reinstallation, hashing out the nameserver line in /etc/resolv.conf, and tried the whole 9 yards of this: http://web.onetel.net.uk/~showerail/...net_setup.html
and I'm still right back here confused.

Without further adoo, let me flood this with my info, listed in order. At least I believe this to be the right information to start with, but I don't get what to look for !!

1.) #cat /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 12.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8.
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 12.
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd81f].
Bus 0, device 16, function 1:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#2) (rev 12.
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
Bus 0, device 16, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#3) (rev 12.
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd01f].
Bus 0, device 16, function 3:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 130).
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5800000 [0xe58000ff].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 17, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 6).
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb80f].
Bus 0, device 17, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 80).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe0ff].
Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 116).
IRQ 6.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb4ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5000000 [0xe50000ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200 Ultra] (rev 161).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6ffffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xefffffff].

2.) #cat /etc/modules.conf


probeall scsi_hostadapter imm ppa
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd
above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss
alias eth0 via-rhine
alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx

3.) #cat /proc/modules

sd_mod 16800 0 - Live 0xe1845000
sg 38044 0 - Live 0xe185d000
sr_mod 17060 0 - Live 0xe184b000
snd-seq-oss 31232 0 - Live 0xe1d52000
snd-seq-midi-event 7552 1 snd-seq-oss, Live 0xe1d07000
snd-seq 51024 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event, Live 0xe1e33000
snd-pcm-oss 51812 0 - Live 0xe1e25000
snd-mixer-oss 17952 1 snd-pcm-oss, Live 0xe1e0f000
snd-via82xx 24128 0 - Live 0xe1d75000
snd-pcm 93156 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx, Live 0xe1d91000
snd-timer 24484 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm, Live 0xe1d5b000
snd-ac97-codec 58148 1 snd-via82xx, Live 0xe1d65000
gameport 4480 1 snd-via82xx, Live 0xe1d04000
snd-page-alloc 11972 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm, Live 0xe1c4c000
snd-mpu401-uart 7072 1 snd-via82xx, Live 0xe1cf5000
snd-rawmidi 23616 1 snd-mpu401-uart, Live 0xe1cfd000
snd-seq-device 8008 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi, Live 0xe1c8e000
snd 52484 12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-via82xx,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-ac97-codec,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device, Live 0xe1d44000
soundcore 9248 1 snd, Live 0xe1c8a000
af_packet 20520 2 - Live 0xe1cee000
ide-floppy 18752 0 - Live 0xe1c91000
ide-tape 34864 0 - Live 0xe1ce4000
ide-cd 40548 0 - Live 0xe1cd9000
cdrom 37184 2 sr_mod,ide-cd, Live 0xe1cce000
via-rhine 20520 0 - Live 0xe1cc7000
mii 4992 1 via-rhine, Live 0xe1c49000
md5 3872 1 - Live 0xe1935000
ipv6 232352 6 - Live 0xe1d0a000
joydev 10240 0 - Live 0xe1c86000
tsdev 7168 0 - Live 0xe1c36000
evdev 9504 0 - Live 0xe1c63000
usbmouse 5216 0 - Live 0xe1932000
via-agp 7360 1 - Live 0xe1947000
agpgart 31016 1 via-agp, Live 0xe1c5a000
hid 53312 0 - Live 0xe1c97000
ppa 12296 0 - Live 0xe1c31000
parport_pc 32832 0 - Live 0xe1c50000
imm 12360 0 - Live 0xe1c2c000
scsi_mod 114744 5 sd_mod,sg,sr_mod,ppa,imm, Live 0xe1c68000
parport 38952 3 ppa,parport_pc,imm, Live 0xe1c39000
ehci-hcd 24196 0 - Live 0xe1940000
uhci-hcd 29104 0 - Live 0xe1937000
usbcore 99132 6 usbmouse,hid,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd, Live 0xe194b000
rtc 11576 0 - Live 0xe1821000
ext3 110376 3 - Live 0xe1805000
jbd 54328 1 ext3, Live 0xe191e000

4.) #/sbin/ifconfig -a

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:AD:04:6D
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:a6ff:fead:46d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7935 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10098 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2880178 (2.7 Mb) TX bytes:1670505 (1.5 Mb)
Interrupt:6 Base address:0xb400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:11084 (10.8 Kb) TX bytes:11084 (10.8 Kb)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 TX bytes:0 (0.0

5.) #lsmod

Module Size Used by
sd_mod 16800 0
sg 38044 0
sr_mod 17060 0
snd-seq-oss 31232 0
snd-seq-midi-event 7552 1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq 51024 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-pcm-oss 51812 0
snd-mixer-oss 17952 1 snd-pcm-oss
snd-via82xx 24128 0
snd-pcm 93156 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx
snd-timer 24484 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd-ac97-codec 58148 1 snd-via82xx
gameport 4480 1 snd-via82xx
snd-page-alloc 11972 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm
snd-mpu401-uart 7072 1 snd-via82xx
snd-rawmidi 23616 1 snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device 8008 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi
snd 52484 12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-via82xx,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-ac97-codec,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device
soundcore 9248 1 snd
af_packet 20520 2
ide-floppy 18752 0
ide-tape 34864 0
ide-cd 40548 0
cdrom 37184 2 sr_mod,ide-cd
via-rhine 20520 0
mii 4992 1 via-rhine
md5 3872 1
ipv6 232352 6
joydev 10240 0
tsdev 7168 0
evdev 9504 0
usbmouse 5216 0
via-agp 7360 1
agpgart 31016 1 via-agp
hid 53312 0
ppa 12296 0
parport_pc 32832 0
imm 12360 0
scsi_mod 114744 5 sd_mod,sg,sr_mod,ppa,imm
parport 38952 3 ppa,parport_pc,imm
ehci-hcd 24196 0
uhci-hcd 29104 0
usbcore 99132 6 usbmouse,hid,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
rtc 11576 0
ext3 110376 3
jbd 54328 1 ext3


6.) #/sbin/route -en

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


7.) #cat /etc/resolv.conf

search domain.actdsltmp
nameserver 192.168.0.1
nameserver 205.171.3.65


8.) #cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes

Any help leading me to the problem will get you several beers, and any two of my kids.

Cheers
Ken

[stathisx]

have you checked the firewall options ?maybe you have to configure iptables or so.

[kenibus]

Greetings,

and thanks for your reply.

I have completely disabled the firewall (uh, oh) and also removed any and all security involving the internet. Then I restarted, and I find that nothing has changed.
Grr!
What could the difference be between 9.2 and 10 MDK?
Ive got half a mind to just reinstall 9.2 and say heck with it until something new comes out!

What would you look for next?
Ken

[stathisx]

are your external interfaces protected (ppp??).they should be disabled to work..i don't really think that it's an isp problem because as you said it was working on mdk9.2 ..have you tried to check browser settings or select another browser to use?