Ok, I don't know if this is related to Jason Friedman's networking problem or not, but when I upgraded Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04, certain Web sites would time out really bad, and I was extremely frustrated and it took me forever searching the Internet to find a solution. I also have Qwest Internet. Amongst Web sites that I couldn't connect to were Gmail and facebook. I finally found out that the default MTU value was set way too low at 500 when it should have been 1492. This is from <a href="http://www.prash-babu.com/2008/06/how-to-change-mtu-values-in-linux.html">http://www.prash-babu.com/2008/06/how-to-change-mtu-values-in-linux.html</a>:<br>
<br>1. In a terminal type "sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces<br>2. Your text editor will open the interfaces file<br>3. Know which interface is connected to the Internet (i.e. eth0, eth1, etc.). If unsure type ifconfig in a terminal.<br>
4. under the line in your interfaces file that says something like:<br>iface eth0 inet dhcp<br>add the following line<br>mtu 1492 (if that doesn't work, try 1454, 1460, or 1452)<br>5. Save the interface file and reboot your computer<br>
<br>Alternatively, you can change this by typing this into a terminal:<br>sudo ifconfig eth0 mtu 1492<br>next, add this line to either your /etc/init.d/boot.local or /etc/init.d/rc.local (depending on your distribution) to make this change permanent.<br>
<br>Jason Ash<br>