[SlugLUG] Slow download speed when connect to resnet

[Peter Belew]

I suggest passing this on to the helpdesk for ResNet.

  http://resnet.ucsc.edu/policy/rup/

My experience with networking on campus is only with wireless, but
from my experience with that I'd say support is oriented to Windows
and Macintosh only. I suspect the initial dhcp conversation with Linux
identifies the system as being neither, which confuses evil
ResNet/UCSC software.

Logging initially from XP gives you a dhcp lease, after which some of
the initial handshaking is bypassed when you reboot into Linux with
the same MAC address. That's my theory.

Hopefully someone with more ResNet/Linux experience will provide
further details.

- Peter

On 4/3/07, Ivan Shang Jun Li <sjli at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> I've been experiencing very slow download speed (less than
> 20kB/s) when I connect to resnet on campus. This is not a
> problem on the ethernet jack or ethernet cable since I am
> able to connect fine in Windows XP. This problem is fixed,
> however, if I go back to Ubuntu after connecting to resnet
> in Windows XP. My ethernet adapter works fine when I
> connect to a DSL modem and router.
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