From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA181381F3 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7851AE0C06; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail143c7.megamailservers.com (mail119c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FC81E0BDC for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:06:09 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail143c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r8B065sY014437 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:06:06 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0FBA62040B5; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:06:09 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:06:09 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address Message-ID: <20130911000608.GF8083@syscon7.inet> References: <20130910174716.GA8083@syscon7.inet> <522F8ACF.3@gmail.com> <20130910215051.GD8083@syscon7.inet> <522FA0E5.20003@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <522FA0E5.20003@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=3cSeJb+VpsMG43fXdfNasO63ncjN5hpJSzt+M33IgLE= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=FHa0P5VTAxAA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=Gtj29Bglnqso1g8S27wA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020208.522FB3EE.0165,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 8856a0a6-ce49-4419-b0e3-ece02877d675 X-Archives-Hash: 5eac3f7044f68c97b06c47b34d939945 On 09/11/13 00:44, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 10/09/2013 23:50, Joseph wrote: >> I forgot to mention. >> My router is an old 486-box running freesco. So I'm trying to find out >> if the router is the problem with slow connection. >> as my download speed on cable is only 3.7Mbps and it should be about >> 15Mbps up to 25Mbps >> upload speed is 1.5Mbps > > > >What speed NIC do you have in that 486? > >10M? 100M? And is it running full duplex? > >3.7M is, IIRC, about what I'd expect from 10M half-duplex. NIC cards of >that era were prone to getting auto-negotiation badly wrong. >Even an old 486 should be able to deal with 100M traffic easily. > >Even so, I'd still not trust your cable provider's advice. There is >still a good chance the problem really is with the cable connection. I called shaw tech.support and we did all kind of testing, with box connected directly to the modem (by-passing the router); no difference. So they've scheduled technician to test it, they suspect it could be a modem itself. -- Joseph