Internet connection problem with 6.10 and ADSL modem/router

[Matthew Flaschen]

Bill Fleming wrote:
> Many thanks for your help, Matthew.  I'm afraid I didn't explain my problem very well in the original message.  I am running Firefox only on 
> Ubuntu on my desktop machine where it is dual booted with Windows XP.  I haven't tried Firefox on Windows nor have I tried Epiphany on the 
> Ubuntu machine and I'm not sure how to. Am I likely to find Epiphany
on the Ubuntu 6.10 disc?

Yes, I'm almost certain Epiphany is installed by default.  Look for it
in the GNOME menu.

 I'm sending this message from my laptop which is
> Windows XP only, but is connected to the desktop machine by Ethernet and the ADSL  modem/router.  I haven't yet tried the ping test you 
> suggested as the desktop machine is in use at the moment by someone else.

Okay.  Don't forget to try it later and get back to me.

> My problems seem to be escalating.  I did manage to get my printer
> running from the desktop machine by ticking the LAN boxes in the printer setup sequence, but now the printer does not seem to work from the 
> laptop.

Where is the printer connected?

> I seem to have done something else to the Ubunto setup becaue Ubuntu has now started to run very slowly.

That's strange.  I don't know what would cause that.


  That is, it takes 30
> seconds to open Firefox or Evolution or one of the installed games!  A
restart does not improve the speed. Any idea why it might be
> doing this and how I could sort it out? I haven't tried to install any other
software or updates.

You said before you tried to install Flash.  Are you sure you didn't
install anything else?

 The only Ubuntu files on the machine are those
> installed from the setup disc. If all else fails, I suppose I should
reinstall Ubuntu and start again.

That might be best, but don't do that yet.

Matthew Flaschen

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