[01:22] <khoover> hey, can anyone explain why my bandwidth has suddenly dropped like a stone after assigning my computer a static IP? every other computer on the WLAN is running fine, just the static IP'd one.
[02:24] <DarwinSu1vivor> khoover: check your DNS settings
[02:25] <khoover> DarwinSu1vivor, i did, using OpenDNS on both router and network manager
[02:26] <DarwinSu1vivor> khoover: what about your speed between you and other machines on the network (not over internet)?
[02:26] <khoover> DarwinSu1vivor, i believe it's fine enough, lemme check quick
[02:26] <DarwinSu1vivor> k
[02:27] <khoover> seems to be slow between the router and the laptop itself, oddly enough
[02:27] <DarwinSu1vivor> hmm
[02:27] <DarwinSu1vivor> signal strength?
[02:28]  * genii-around sips ( not coffee )
[02:28] <DarwinSu1vivor> genii-around: gonna slide anyone a ( not coffee )? :P
[02:28] <khoover> 3 bars on NM, 2 on WiFI Radar
[02:29]  * genii-around slides DarwinSu1vivor a ( not coffee )
[02:29] <DarwinSu1vivor> what did you typically get before (when it worked properly)?
[02:30] <khoover> less than that, oddly enough. and as for speed to other computers, getting ping times of 200m
[02:30] <khoover> s
[02:31] <DarwinSu1vivor> 200ms (that was milseconds not minutes right?) is BAD. I can usually get 30ms to *internet* machines
[02:32] <DarwinSu1vivor> dose the problem resolve itself if you put it back on dynamic IPs?
[02:32] <khoover> yeah, usually on other computers, it's around 90ms. and haven't tried, running a server, can't forward the ports properly if i do.
[02:32] <DarwinSu1vivor> also try dynamic IP's with static DNS (could remove one more item from the trouble-shooting list)
[02:33] <DarwinSu1vivor> on a lan you should get about 1 or 5ms even over wireless
[02:34] <khoover> DNS is static, have a free one pointing to the dynamic external IP, then the HTTP requests get forwarded to my laptop/server
[02:36] <khoover> sorry, my router's DNS is static
[02:36] <khoover> gonna see if my router does port forwarding by MAC address
[02:39] <khoover> aaaand turns out i'm stuck with the static IP, until i can figure out a way to forward :80 requests to my server on a dynamic IP.
[02:39] <khoover> on another note, the server itself was installed at mostly the same time as the switch to a static IP, haven't noticed a drop in network speed till a couple days ago. server got installed about a month ago now.
[02:40] <DarwinSu1vivor> leave the router alone, if other machines are fine on the network, then it's not the router, it's the laptop
[02:42] <khoover> well, i can't imagine what's changed since i added the server and the network dropped off a cliff. didn't upgrade to 11.10
[02:47] <DarwinSu1vivor> oh, so it's the server with the static ip?
[02:50] <DarwinSu1vivor> darn, gtg, sorry
[02:50] <DarwinSu1vivor> be back in an hour if you want to continue
[02:54] <khoover> the server that also acts as my personal laptop. and sure.
[02:54] <khoover> it's a 'buntu box, clearly.
[04:45] <DarwinSu1vivor> back
[04:46] <DarwinSu1vivor> ping khoover
[10:54] <khoover> DarwinSu1vivor, yeah, kinda fell asleep
[11:06] <BluesKaj> Hey all
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