[LBo] Internet connection

[Brett Lyon]

On Sunday 25 March 2007 11:20, Troy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 6.10 on my parents computer, and I'm having some
> issues with the internet connection.  The computer is an older Dell
> Dimension, and only has a pci wifi card for network connection.
>
> After installing Ubuntu 6.10, I was able to successfully download all
> the updates.  However, when trying to browse the web, sometimes the web
> pages load, other times they time out.  I've eliminated the web site
> itself as the issue by trying a number of different sites and receiving
> the same results.
>
> Prior to installing Ubuntu 6.10, this computer was running XP and was
> able to connect to the internet without any problems.  Therefore,
> because I was able to successfully download the updates, and browsing
> was fine under XP, I think I can safely eliminate the signal strength as
> the problem.  As a side note, I used the wireless connection on my lap
> top in the same room, and had an excellent signal strength.
>
> Please share any ideas or suggestions you have.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Troy


I got past a problem with similar symptoms by disabling IPv6.  You can do that 
at the kernel level but I don't know how to do that in Ubuntu's desktop.  You 
can do it quickly at the browser level though, and that should give you the 
same results as far as web browsing goes:

In Firefox' location bar type about:config and press enter
then in the filter box, type in ipv6 
double click on the line that says "network.dns.disableIPv6" so that the value 
changes to true. 

If that works for you in FF, Google it to find out how to do it at the kernel 
level using Ubuntu's desktop tools.

SUSE 10.2 here
$uname -a
Linux spock 2.6.18.8-0.1-default #1 SMP Fri Mar 2 13:51:59 UTC 2007 i686 i686 
i386 GNU/Linux

mazel tov,
brett