From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 19:10:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 687BA16A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:10:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from helium.webpack.hosteurope.de (helium.webpack.hosteurope.de [217.115.142.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA8943D48 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:10:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@hexren.net) Received: by helium.webpack.hosteurope.de running Exim 4.34 using asmtp helo=hexren.steenbuck.net) id 1DNFAJ-0004hs-3O; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:10:43 +0200 Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:10:42 +0200 From: Hexren X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62i) Business X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <198569779.20050417211042@hexren.net> To: Emil Khatib In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP slows down the system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Hexren List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:10:44 -0000 > Hi everybody. > I'm using a 56k connection to access the Internet. I'm using user PPP, > and everytime I dial up, everything works too slow. At least X works > quite bad (and so KDE). When I try "startx", it freezes for a few > seconds and then it starts and takes a long time to load KDE. Also, > the applications in KDE start very slowly (when they start). > Everythings works allright when i get disconnected.... > Can anyone give me an idea of what is happening (It isn't the first > time it happens, I've tried in another computer with FreeBSD and it > happens the same)? > I'm using FreeBSD 5.3 amd64. --------------------------------------------- How many Interfaces are you using ? And are you logged in over the network ?