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Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:27:18 PDT7
From:	"Gary Wong" <gary.wong@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Why does computer connect so slowly...?

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Have you searched Hobbes? There is a Realtek driver there, but you didn't say what
Realtek network card you have.

Also have you compared the TCP/IP settings between the 2 machines?

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:14:08 PDT7, Martin Rosenfeld wrote:

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>I just built my wife a new computer with practically the same hardware I
>have been using on mine (Gigabyte MB, AMD 2200, 1 GB RAM, eCS 1.1,
>Mozilla that came with it). I could not get the on-board Realtek NIC to
>work, so I used an older Linksys 100 MHz, full duplex, NIC with proper
>driver. My older machine connects to comcast.net and uploads and
>downloads quickly. Her machine takes a minute or two to connect and
>downloads and up loads like a tired snail. We both connect to thee same
>Linksys 4-port router connected to a cable box. Funny, if her machine is
>struggling to download e-mail, and I ping www.comcast.net from a command
>line on her machine, the download speeds up as long as I let ping run.
>What do I need to adjust on her machine? Any ideas (to save a marriage)?
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