A while back I got myself an Asus EeePC. I got a linux OS device with 16GB SSD for quiet operation. I designed the floating point adder on the Intel Atom CPU and using the computer makese me smile every time. But the excitement wore off fast because of problems with my wireless network setup and browser problems. Soon I found myself using the MacBook instead of the Netbook for browsing. The latency for web access was just too painful. I also frequently got messages from blocked youtube videos which was very annoying. Quick web searches didn’t yield any useful results and the device was soon collecting dust under my bed.
Then I got sick and was tied to my bed for two days. That gave me a chance to study the idiosyncrasies of the Xandros installation. I started out by restoring the whole system to factory settings.
It turns out parental control was to blame for the slowness. All network accesses were filtered after being redirected through a hidden proxy server on the same machine.
For other EeePC users here’re the steps to remove the parental control:
Alt-Ctrl-t
In the new xterm:
Sudo bash
Apt-get remove dansguardian squid squid-common
Rm /etc/policycontrol/policy.conf
Reboot

After these steps you’ve freed the system from its filtering ties and can enjoy blazing fast web access.
I have dusted off the case now…