netstat – 10 Most common usage with examples

netstat is one of the most commonly used command to print the network information, However the output of netstat may be difficult to understand with lots of rows and columns of data. With examples in this article you will be able to to use right option to get the right information along with complete understanding of the netstat command output.

5 Things Slowing Down Your Internet Speed and What to Do about Them

Network Speed

There are few things more frustrating than slow Internet. When a movie keeps freezing or conference calls keep dropping out, it can drive anyone crazy. Individuals who use the internet for business can even lose money when their connection isn’t up to par. Many factors can cause slow speeds but the good news is that many of them can be addressed. Doing regular speed tests can help to quickly identify patterns and highlight when something may be going wrong. Let’s discuss some of the things which may be causing your Internet to slow down and how you can respond.

Changing up ethernet speed, duplex mode in Solaris

A solaris system can have single NIC or multiple nic and interface name can be ce, hme, bge, e1000g ,qfe etc. depending on the card used.
For making interface change identify the interface name using ifconfig -a command and then apply following method to change nic speed in Solaris,  read along for making these changes.