Louise Chambers wrote:

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> Try a lighter browser. Firefox, galeon, or epiphany?
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Lighter or just different.  He has some sort of DNS problem or local 
firewall/filter problem, because he already stated that ALL web services 
were slow to resolve hosts, FTP and HTTP.

If you have a separate hardware firewall, check that the box (linux box 
or firewall appliance) has the right DNS server info for your ISP?  I 
have at least 4 DNS addresses I can use, but 2 are faster and I use 
those.  If the DNS addresses aren't hard set in the firewall, then is 
the firewall getting the info via DHCP?   You may need to activate 
caching DNS on your firewall to speed up name resolution of commonly 
visited sites.  The info may come down slow if you are getting name 
resolution via broadcast.  Same could be happening inside the local net. 
  Check the IP address of the Mandrake PC.  If you have a 169.x.x.x 
address or anything ending in .255, you are on broadcast.  "ifconfig 
eth0" can give you info about your network connections.  Windows uses 
"ipconfig /all".   Check that if you are setting the static IP of any 
machine in your net that it is not the same as another PC or device.

It may also be something as simple as a loose or partially disconnected 
cable.  I had a home-made cable that had gotten yanked on too hard a 
couple of times and would randomly disconnect.

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