[Solved]Major Archlinux internet slowdown?

Hi guys
As described above, I'm getting slow internet connection with Arch (getting speeds of 18-56 kb/s! or few burst of 156 kb/s. My service is  768 kb/s). This just started to happen recently, I usually never encountered this problem a few upgrades back (probably 2). Has there been any major overhaul toward DHCP?  Well my network settings are set to DHCP (as you just figured out ). Is there something important I neglected to read?  My internet speed is perfectly fine on my windows OS system, but every-time I use windows I lose a little bit of myself . Also it took a hell of a time for Arch Linux to load up this forum (1-2 minute). Could it be a DNS issue?
P.S.
Been using Arch Linux for 2 years (and proud).
Last edited by Oblitus (2009-01-13 00:58:59)

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … tc.2Fhosts
Beginners Guide wrote:
Add your hostname, coinciding with the one specified in /etc/rc.conf, as an alias, so that it looks like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost yourhostname
Note: This format, including the 'localhost' and your actual host name, is required for program compatibility! Errors in this entry may cause poor network performance and/or certain programs to open very slowly, or not work at all. This is a very common error for beginners.

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