[PLUG] cisco 678 DSL latency issues

[Galen Seitz]

> > Are you pinging with name or address? If name then try IP address. 
> 
> It makes no difference.  Pinging my Qwest gateway by ip in Linux
> results in 2000ms pings, while pinging the same ip in Windows takes
> only ~60ms. I've also tried two different dns servers on both sides.
> 
> I get the same results with engr.orst.edu (by name and ip).
> 

I would run ethereal to determine what is going on.  If possible, connect
both the windows and linux boxes to a hub and snoop the traffic.  If
you are pinging by IP and it is still slow, maybe there is an arp
problem.  

galen