[CentOS] extremely slow network connection

Dear all,
on a brand new DELL computer CentOS 5.1 installs well, but the
internet connection is extremely slow (8 kB/s, indeed kiloBytes !).
Did anyone find a solution to that problem ? It might be more
DELL specific than CentOS specific.


Yours,
   Peter


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