Linux running slow

[Rodney Kanno]

Yup, the system runs fine in Windows, no packet loss at all. Should I try 
cahnging the cable anyway? or you think it wouldn't make a difference since 
there is no packet loss in Windows.

Rodney


On Tuesday 25 September 2001 12:03 am, you wrote:
> A load of .14 is not bad, but what processes are using up 41% of your CPU? 
> Running Windows on this same system works fine, no packet loss?  Have you
> tried changing the cable?  I had a cable that was not crimped tight enough
> and had packet loss like this.
>
> Dusty
>
> > Hi Dusty,
> >
> > Whenn I say Linux runs slow, I guess I mean too much CPU? here's what I
> > get from running top within KDE with Kmail running:
> >
> >   8:48am  up 4 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.11, 0.14, 0.06
> >   49 processes: 47 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
> > CPU states:  0.9% user, 41.1% system,  0.0% nice, 57.8% idle
> > Mem:   255752K av,  107444K used,  148308K free,       0K shrd,    4696K
> > buff Swap:  248968K av,       0K used,  248968K free                 
> > 61144K cached
> >
> > When I try to ping here's what I get:
> >
> > [happy at I8L1Y7:~ (.150 Mb)]$ ping www.yahoo.com
> > PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (64.58.76.229) from 24.161.133.184 : 56(84)
> > bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from w8.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.229): icmp_seq=0 ttl=236
> > time=146.436 msec
> > 64 bytes from w8.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.229): icmp_seq=1 ttl=236
> > time=146.266 msec
> > 64 bytes from w8.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.229): icmp_seq=2 ttl=236
> > time=162.081 msec
> >
> > --- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
> > 17 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 76% packet loss
> > round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 146.266/154.170/162.081/7.819 ms
> >
> > I have tried 3 network cards so far, still no help. Funny thing is that
> > when I ping in Windows, I get no packet loss.
> >
> > Rodney
> >
> >
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> So I asked my accountant, do I get an agriculture
> exemption for my server farm?
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