First, try typing
ifconfig -a
after going to a slow website.  See if the error columns have non-zero
values. If you have a firewall running, you might check to see if any packets
are getting dropped by it.
Most slow responses I've encountered were DNS problems.  Firefox will tell
you on the status bar at the bottom what it's waiting for... looking up name,
waiting for remote site, etc.
Check /etc/resolv.conf and see if the proper DNS servers are set up.


--- joe@actionline.com wrote:

> .
> First, the background: 
> 
> One problem has led to another and another as I have been trying 
> for three weeks to get my system rebuilt after it "crashed". 
> I am preparing a "how-to" to recap everything I've needed to do 
> to get everything put back together and working again, but I now have 
> a new problem that I need to get fixed before I continue rebuilding. 
> 
> Thanks to an incredible amount of excellent (and very patient) help 
> especially from Eric Shubes and from several other PLUG friends, 
> I now have a fresh new installation of Mandriva 2006 working on a 
> new 100-gig hard disk.  (Please, no comments about Mandriva as it 
> is the *only* distro on which I can get Win4Lin to work with win98 
> which is essential for my work.) 
> 
> We finally got Qwest DSL working via a new 2Wire modem/router. 
> When booting my main desktop computer (eth-wire-connected) with 
> a Knoppix live CD, the DSL connection works fine and fast.  And, 
> with my dual-boot laptop, I have a good (54-Mbps) wireless 
> connection when booting with WinXP.  I have not yet been able 
> to get a wireless connection when booted with my Linux partition. 
> 
> Now the problem: 
> 
> When I boot up the new Mandriva installation on the hard disk 
> (instead of booting the Knoppix CD), I have a DHCP Internet 
> connection, but it is slower than molasses.  (I have not yet 
> installed Win4Lin, so that is not a factor.)  As an example, 
> when I connect either via wireless on the laptop or via Knoppix 
> live CD on the desktop, and access usatoday.com, their website 
> pops up in 3 seconds.  When I access the same website with my 
> desktop box with the new Mandriva installation, it takes more 
> than 30 seconds before the first page begins to appear and a 
> total of 45 seconds before it finishes loading. 
> 
> I called 2Wire (excellent technical support) and they thoroughly 
> checked everything and informed me that everything in the physical 
> connection is fine, the modem is fine, and the Qwest connection is 
> okay (just a few errors, "usual" for Qwest).  They also said that 
> both browsers I am using are fine (Firefox and Konqueror), so the 
> problem definitely has to be with my system's software --  perhaps 
> something in configuration, a firewall, perhaps proxy settings, 
> or some interferring program.
> 
> How can I resolve this? 
> 
> joe@actionline.com 
> 
> 
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