Internet problem in Fedora 6

jingesu9 · 12-29-2006, 02:18 PM

I just ungraded from Redhat 9 to fedora 6 and ran into a problem. In Redhat 9 I used my ethernet connection without any issues. However, in Fedora, sometimes my connection would disconnect at every so often. Then I would have to disconnect the ethernet port, reconnect it, and it would work for another five minuts then disconnect. An interesting point is that I installed Fedora using the http option (After booting from a CD, it installed the rest of the OS from the internet using a http address, really slick function), and also because red hat worked flawlessly, I don't think this is an driver error, can someone help out.

Also, I just tried downloading a big file, obviously it didn't finish, but an interesting this was that when the internet stoped, the download manager still said 60kb/s, but it just froze. Not sure if this helps describe my case.... Sigh... I've had a bunch of unique computer cases for the last month, all strange and mysterious.

Skie · 12-30-2006, 10:42 AM

How are you connected to the internet? Are you plugged straight into a DSL/Cable modem? Are you plugged into a broadband router?

jingesu9 · 12-30-2006, 11:35 AM

Nevermind, I think it was fedoras lack of drivers that caused the problem becuase now, degraded to redhat 9, it works

**K-B** · 12-30-2006, 06:25 PM

Hmm, if you are plugged straight from a cable/dsl modem, and DHCP configured...I didn't think it would be drivers. I've successfully installed FC with the network install. I'm on cable.

jingesu9 · 12-30-2006, 07:08 PM

Yeah, I'm in cable too. And it does work in DHCP configuration in Redhat 9. But in Fedora 6 it wasn't stable. A guy in fedora's forum said I should do it in static, but it didn't connect even through I am sure I have the right numbers.

12-29-2006, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
jingesu9 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Internet problem in Fedora 6 I just ungraded from Redhat 9 to fedora 6 and ran into a problem. In Redhat 9 I used my ethernet connection without any issues. However, in Fedora, sometimes my connection would disconnect at every so often. Then I would have to disconnect the ethernet port, reconnect it, and it would work for another five minuts then disconnect. An interesting point is that I installed Fedora using the http option (After booting from a CD, it installed the rest of the OS from the internet using a http address, really slick function), and also because red hat worked flawlessly, I don't think this is an driver error, can someone help out. Also, I just tried downloading a big file, obviously it didn't finish, but an interesting this was that when the internet stoped, the download manager still said 60kb/s, but it just froze. Not sure if this helps describe my case.... Sigh... I've had a bunch of unique computer cases for the last month, all strange and mysterious. Last edited by jingesu9 : 12-29-2006 at 02:30 PM.

12-30-2006, 10:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Downers Grove, IL Posts: 1,821 OS: Gentoo Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux, CentOS My System	How are you connected to the internet? Are you plugged straight into a DSL/Cable modem? Are you plugged into a broadband router? __________________

12-30-2006, 06:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
K-B Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,767 OS: Ubuntu 8.04 My System	Hmm, if you are plugged straight from a cable/dsl modem, and DHCP configured...I didn't think it would be drivers. I've successfully installed FC with the network install. I'm on cable. __________________

12-30-2006, 11:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
jingesu9 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Nevermind, I think it was fedoras lack of drivers that caused the problem becuase now, degraded to redhat 9, it works

12-30-2006, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
jingesu9 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15 OS: XP	Yeah, I'm in cable too. And it does work in DHCP configuration in Redhat 9. But in Fedora 6 it wasn't stable. A guy in fedora's forum said I should do it in static, but it didn't connect even through I am sure I have the right numbers.