Network: constant activity, why ??

[Stegozor]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:

> The problem I think was that you gave me an invalid group name: 
> 
> "fr.USENET.internet.cable", instead of fr.RESEAUX.blahblah ;-)

Oops, my bad, sorry. Seems that I should sleep a little more from time 
to time :)

>> (it is in Thunderbird, for example), but if 
>> it isn't that makes no big difference as you pointed out.
> 
> Yeah, I use Sylpheed for my e-mail client, and they had a simple "Howto
> get started with Newsgroups", which was certainly waiting for me !! ;o)

Indeed :)

> (...) The thread about sluggish DNS was interesting, as it might explain why
> recently, it always takes a few seconds before I can connect to any
> site ! 30Mbps won't be of any benefit for surfing, if the DNS is
> slow !!! :-/ :-(((

Unless you change your DNS server (in System>Administration>Networking)
You may also relate your experience in this newsgroup, it could be a 
nice beginning :)