New Install of XP SP2-DSL Slooooowww-Out of ideas

Howdy all
I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system with
a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys router.
My previous system,web pages would just show up when i clicked a link or
type an address.
With my new setup I get a 10-15 second delay before a page shows up,if it
shows up.
Everything is just so damn slow i cant stand it. I dont have any of the
power saving features on,I have no programs running in the background. I
have a gig of ram and am using the network card built into my motherboard.
Any clue what I could try?

I removed the linksys router from the system and am using pppoe that is
built into windows and I am still having the same problem. I am even having
unreliability trying to just read this newsgroup.



"RH" wrote in message
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Howdy all
I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system
with a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys
router.
My previous system,web pages would just show up when i clicked a link or
type an address.
With my new setup I get a 10-15 second delay before a page shows up,if it
shows up.
Everything is just so damn slow i cant stand it. I dont have any of the
power saving features on,I have no programs running in the background. I
have a gig of ram and am using the network card built into my motherboard.
Any clue what I could try?

Ok,I managed to find a speed test that wasnt bogged down and it rated me at
2139 kbps so i am not doing bad on speed. My problem is jsut that web pages
take my browser forever to load. Sometimes they go quickly,sometimes they
either error out or take 20 seconds to load.

At times,it is almost like my connection goes to sleep or something,but all
my power saver settings are off including the one to turn of the NIC.Anyone
have any idea what this could be? It was working fine 2-3 weeks ago when i
installed win xp on the system and has hit rock bottom today. I know I have
no viruses or spyware too.



"RH" wrote in message
ink.net...
Howdy all
I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system
with a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys
router.
My previous system,web pages would just show up when i clicked a link or
type an address.
With my new setup I get a 10-15 second delay before a page shows up,if it
shows up.
Everything is just so damn slow i cant stand it. I dont have any of the
power saving features on,I have no programs running in the background. I
have a gig of ram and am using the network card built into my motherboard.
Any clue what I could try?

Possible MTU issue especially for PPPoE connections. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319661

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"RH" wrote in message
ink.net...
Howdy all
I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system
with
a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys router.
My previous system,web pages would just show up when i clicked a link or
type an address.
With my new setup I get a 10-15 second delay before a page shows up,if it
shows up.
Everything is just so damn slow i cant stand it. I dont have any of the
power saving features on,I have no programs running in the background. I
have a gig of ram and am using the network card built into my motherboard.
Any clue what I could try?

I just ran a dsl tweaking program as well as the one at dsl-reports.com and
it said the mtu is fine at 1490.
Any other ideas?
I supposed the internet could just be slow tonight,but i am getting htis
trouble on all websites i visit,at various places around the world.


"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Possible MTU issue especially for PPPoE connections. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319661

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"RH" wrote in message
ink.net...
Howdy all
I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system
with
a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys router.
My previous system,web pages would just show up when i clicked a link or
type an address.
With my new setup I get a 10-15 second delay before a page shows up,if it
shows up.
Everything is just so damn slow i cant stand it. I dont have any of the
power saving features on,I have no programs running in the background. I
have a gig of ram and am using the network card built into my
motherboard.
Any clue what I could try?

I just ran a dsl tweaking program as well as the one at dsl-reports.com and
it said the mtu is fine at 1490.
Any other ideas?
I supposed the internet could just be slow tonight,but i am getting htis
trouble on all websites i visit,at various places around the world.


"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Possible MTU issue especially for PPPoE connections. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319661

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"RH" wrote in message
ink.net...
Howdy all
I just installed a fresh copy of win xp sp2 on my new athlon 64 system
with
a sata hard drive and earthlink 3mbps DSL. I am using a Linksys router.
My previous system,web pages would just show up when i clicked a link or
type an address.
With my new setup I get a 10-15 second delay before a page shows up,if it
shows up.
Everything is just so damn slow i cant stand it. I dont have any of the
power saving features on,I have no programs running in the background. I
have a gig of ram and am using the network card built into my
motherboard.
Any clue what I could try?