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Is web browsing in Slackware meant to be this slow? Anonymous 19/07/08(Mon)04:47 No. 22677 ID: 4f8972

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Just installed Slackware, using b43 wireless drivers because broadcom's wl drivers need firmware files I can't seem to find anywhere on the face of the net. BCM4311 if that's of any help.

I've tried browsing on firefox, tor and seamonkey. All of them are slow as shit and it takes like 20 seconds or more to load a single image without enlarging it on any imageboard site. I can't load an imgur album under 5 minutes. This laptop has 4Gb of RAM. 4Gb shouldn't be this slow. It has to be software related.

Any idea why my web browsers are all seemingly cosplaying as netscape navigator?

Anonymous 19/07/10(Wed)04:27 No. 22678 ID: a115ac

Um. This may be going out on a limb here. But are you sure it's the web browser's fault? Maybe, just maybe, it's your WiFi drivers slowing everything down. Got an ethernet port on that netbook? Plug in and see if its any faster. If it is or isn't at least you've narrowed down the problem to either being your WiFi driver or the web browser.

Anonymous 19/07/31(Wed)19:10 No. 22681 ID: b19b6d

wait, you're using an alternative wireless driver instead of the one you actually need and you have no idea what the issue might be?

Anonymous 19/08/19(Mon)21:36 No. 22683 ID: b96934

I have experience with b43 here (not on slackware). Worked fine on my card, for what was just possibly, also a BCM4311. I don't remember.

Try opening up a terminal and pinging your router. Then try tracert or ping on a web server. Should be able to get an idea from the results..

Anonymous 19/08/19(Mon)22:59 No. 22684 ID: 899cdc

Also had a b43 issue in my old laptop. Worked fine in windows but linux was slothing hard.

Disabling IPv6 and changing the DNS server fixed it. I used 8.8.8.8

Anonymous 19/08/20(Tue)01:19 No. 22685 ID: 56c2c6

>>22684
Why are you using ipv6 on your home network? Also sounds like your router config was bad, not your card. But interesting if it worked on M$ and not Linux.

In case OP does try to change DNS, here:
https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS

>Because Google is an arm of US Intelligence and vicy-versy.

Anonymous 19/08/20(Tue)21:33 No. 22686 ID: f14178

>>22685
If you have an internet connection and you're sending unencrypted data out of it, Google doesn't have to work for the TLAs.

Your ISP's backbone is split and shoveled into TLA datacenters.

Anonymous 19/08/21(Wed)01:00 No. 22691 ID: 899cdc

>>22685
>Why are you using ipv6 on your home network? Also sounds like your router config was bad, not your card. But interesting if it worked on M$ and not Linux.

IPv6 was enabled by default and every other device on the network was fine. The fact that windows was working fine (dual booting) is what inspired me to start playing with seemingly random settings. I have no clue as to why the DNS change fixed it but gift horses and all.

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