Questions tagged [download-speed]
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Slow wifi on Ubuntu 24.04 compared to Windows 11
I'm trying to replace Windows with Ubuntu 24.04. Currently I use dual boot. I'm experiencing very slow internet speed on Ubuntu compared to Windows 11.
Output of lshw :
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Slow wifi signal with TP Link WN725N v3 Ubuntu 24.04
I recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu 24.04, and I'm having a problem with the wifi speed. I use TP Link WN725N v3, and the wifi connection is extremely slow. In Windows wifi worked perfect.
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Steam downloads half of what they are in Windows and my internet speed
Running Ubuntu 24.04 and Steam downloads are half of my internet speed. Running a speed test is perfectly fine. I have already tried the solution in this post
Steam downloads in Windows are as ...
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very low wifi network speed - ubuntu 22.04
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows two days back. I use "Free Download Manager" for downloads. I get about 5 mbps speed on windows but I get ~380 kbps to at most ~1 mbps. I also ...
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Restricting Download Bandwidth on Linux Using 'tc' Filter for IP 0.0.0.0/0
I want to restrict download bandwidth using tc. I am using the following commands:
root@ubuntu:/home/jakob# tc qdisc add dev ens33 handle ffff: ingress
root@ubuntu:/home/jakob# tc filter add dev ...
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linux tc command don't affect download speed
I want to set up upload and download restrictions using the 'tc' command on Linux. I am working on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS.
By applying the following commands, the upload bandwidth is limited to ~1 Mbit, ...
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SpeedTest cli suggest wrong servers
At the time of executing this command.
speedtest --list
Speed test offers 10 servers with a location other than the current location of the server.
Is there a solution for this?
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Ubuntu 22.04 Wi-Fi getting super slow after some time
I have a PC running Ubuntu 22.04 connected via Wi-Fi. I have the network usage meter live in the top right corner of the screen, so I can monitor the speed on real time (besides my experience while ...
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New Hardware Setup, fast LAN Speed but slow internet speed when compared to other devices on network
I am going a bit crazy with this problem, it's been a week now. To start I am aware of MB and Mb, so assume I am using them correctly.
I recently setup new Hardware to use as a headless server, i5-...
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[Solved]Ubuntu set network speed at 100
I recently reinstalled Ubuntu, and I have a gigabit internet connection. Previously, I was able to achieve speeds of around 400 Mbps (previous ISP claimed 1Gbps but underdelivered). However, after ...
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What is causing wildly differing DL/UL speeds from open speedtest
As explained by the title, I get results such as DL:245 UL:4828 attached screenshot.
Can someone help me to understand why?
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speedtest cli ERROR: Unable to connect to servers to test latency
I used successfully the simple script
$ cat com/speedtestcli
#!/bin/bash
#
# check internet speed
#
#https://askubuntu.com/questions/104755/how-to-check-internet-speed-via-terminal
curl -s https://...
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Internet Speed Indicator for Lubuntu
I'm a new Lubuntu user. All I need is a numeric internet speed indicator to be added on the bottom bar. While using Ubuntu, I used to install an extension to do this task, but what I know is Gnome ...
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Non-gigabit speeds on ethernet with RTL8111/8168/8411 on EB1033 running 20.04.4
I'm consistently getting download speeds around 40 to 60 Mbps on a RTL8111/8168/8411 chipset integrated device on an old EB1033. Upload speeds are around 40 Mbps, which is expected, but expected ...
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Slow Wi-Fi on Windows and very fast on Ubuntu (dual boot)
I have a Dual Boot Windows 10 / Ubuntu 20.04. When connected to the Wi-Fi, my download speed is much faster on Ubuntu than on Windows (about 5x faster). How can that be explained ? I tried about ...
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Ubuntu Network Speed issue
I am new to the Ubuntu operating system (20.04 LTS) and I have no knowledge of ubuntu whatsoever.
Last week I started my first job and received the laptop HP Probook 440 g8 with Ubuntu operating ...
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Youtube-dl download speed
My script backs up certain video channels. Mostly the download speed is fine... but sometimes a video gets downloaded very slowly... and I have the option of either waiting for many hours until the ...
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How do I improve the graphics for videos and 3D uses?
How do I improve the graphics for videos and 3D uses? I want to do it with software, and I'm hoping there's a way to increase graphics without compromising performance, or even making it better. ...
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Extreme slow internet connection on Ubuntu Server
My ubuntu server is connected with ethernet cable to the same router as my pc but doesn't nearly get the same speed. I have around 40mbit/s on my pc but my ubuntu server only gets 0.3mbit/s. They have ...
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Static IP with Netplan causes slow internet speed (Ubuntu Server 20.04)
I'm having an issue with internet speed when I set up a Static IP with Netplan in Ubuntu Server 20.04.
I'm using a Dell PowerEdge R710, with no wifi card, so all solutions that I found in the forum ...
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Running Zoom slows down network speed considerably
My Speedtest results are typically ~100mbs download and upload. However, every time I run Zoom meetings, the video and audio break/lag and I'm warned with the "Your Internet Connection is ...
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Experiencing slow internet speed on my Ubuntu 18.04
I have dual boot Ubuntu 18.04 and windows 10 in my laptop with mobile hotspot internet connection. I am experiencing slow internet speed on both Ubuntu 18.04 and windows 10 as well. Likewise, if on ...
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I am trying to upgrade from the command line my ubuntu to 20.04
I have gone thru all the steps but I can't seem to download some archives. Unable to fetch some archives". I have changed server, run --fix-missing ..still won't download the "Plasma&...
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Why is broadband so slow
I have a new Lenovo laptop running ubuntu. My old Windows 7 laptop gives me download speeds up to 65 mbs download on my virgin wifi. My new Ubuntu laptop gives me 4 mbs download at best and 3.5 mbs ...
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Internet instability with Ubuntu 20.04
For a few days now, my internet speed after setting dual-boot with Win10 and Ubuntu has been very unstable. My speed will do from 90mbps to 1mbps regularly.
I've done some reading and tried a few ...
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Centrino Wireless-N 1000 BGN | Getting internet speed 13.5 Mb/s (connected to 270 Mb/s)
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Internet speed (wireless connection) on my PC is extremely poor whereas other devices (like cell phone, ipad etc.) using the same network works fine.
Solutions tried so far but no luck
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Download utility with dynamic bandwidth control
I am looking for a CLI download tool that can change the bandwidth limit during downloading.
Most CLI download tools I know can set a bandwidth limit, but the limit can not be changed during ...
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increase download speed
I have subscribed to a service that claims providing 100mbps. Speedtest shows between 80-90mbps, which is OK for me; however when I want to download a file in firefox which shows 1mbps, or steam which ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 : Wifi speed drops automatically
i have been suffering from this ever since I upgraded to my new ISP. Whenever I start my Linux, wifi speeds stay strong(60Mbps-70Mbps range). But after roughly an hour of usage, the speeds drp to 1-...
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Download speed decreasing slowly before stop
I think it's a problem with my distro. Each download (wget, chrome or anything except uGet) slowly decreases its speed. I don't know what to do, I needed to install a snap package and it stops at ...
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Remote connection to my server is very slow
I entered the world of self-hosting last week: I installed Ubuntu Server 20.04 on an old PC, installed Nextcloud on it and tried to use it as a “Google Drive alternative”.
I configured it properly so ...
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Downlaod speed with apt-get is very slow in Ubuntu 18.04 (1kb/s)
I'm not sure what's the problem.
Internet speed 50Mbps while apt speed is 1k/s.
I tried many servers with the same result.
Could it be the storage space of boot section? (it report sometime that it's ...
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Why download speed is limited in firefox and chromium? [duplicate]
In chromium and firefox download speed is about 2.0 Mbits/s, but the speed test in those is about 170-200 Mbits/s.
~$ speedtest
Download: 178.12 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................
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Is it possible to perform speed test with any Ubuntu server? [duplicate]
I have a home server with Ubuntu and I want to measure download and upload speed in my LAN. Is there any program for Ubuntu that will help me do this?
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Slow WiFi (atheros QCA9377) speed on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
After I upgrade from 18.04LTS to 20.04LTS my wifi speed droped with 90% from ~400Mb to ~40Mb/sec.
Even with the live usb I have obtained the same results.
I have checked if the ath10k driver is ...
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How can I set the speed for every person who visits my site and download from it?
I installed ubuntu18 server and uploaded my own site ... How can I set the speed for every person who visits my site and download from it ???
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Why does my Network shows different speed in a Terminal and in the Browser?
I have seen this question: Slow download speed in terminal
and this one
Different download speeds in Ifstat and Chrome
and they are old, referring a different version of my current OS
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How can I allow my computer to use more bandwidth?
So I've been trying many things to make get my computer (Ubuntu 16.04) to use more bandwidth. When I go into my WiFi connection information I can see the speed is 144Mb/s but when downloading ...
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Bonding / Link aggregation / NIC teaming for faster transfer
I am working on a home server and want to utilize more than one 1Gb connection to my servers, to make for instance 4Gb connection with 4 cables.
My question is how to achieve this with Ubuntu server ...
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Problem with internet speed checking with speedtest --simple
Long story short. I had Ubuntu 18 on my system. I installed
sudo apt install speedtest-cli
to track internet speeds. I have a log copied from the terminal of the output on various days.
Download: ...
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Very Slow Download speed in terminal [closed]
The download speed in Terminal is very slow. about 40kBytes. But the speed in the browser works fine
I have chosen the best server but I still get the problem
by the way loot at the output of ...
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Top Ubuntu Download Manager with bandwidth limiter and [closed]
I need to have some limitation on file downloading because of my low is speed downloading, so I installed your Get into my Ubuntu, which has a bandwidth limitation, but my problem is the agent doesn't ...
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Slow internet cable speed on Ubuntu 18.04
When I take a speed test, I get 80 mb/s, when I try download something, I only get about 5 mb/s. I saw a lot of questions about wifi but none about ethernet.
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Installing Snaps in China is too slow
When I try to install anything using snap, I found out that the download speed is very slow. As shown in the screenshot, it is about 20 kb/s:
How can I install a snap fast?
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Download Speed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I'm relatively new to Linux and am running a HP Proliant G6 ML350 server, for Plex, Sonarr and Radarr. Connected via LAN.
I have an issue with download speed, it appears like the speed is being ...
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XPS13 9370 wifi upload speed seems slow ? (ath10k, ubuntu 18.04)
While playing with my wifi, I notice something:
if I download a file from my NAS to my XPS13, wifi speed seems good (like 20MB/s)
If I upload from laptop to NAS, it's reduce to ~1MB/s
I tested 2 ...
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Problem with pppoe connection (Ubuntu 18.04)!
I'm having a problem with pppoe connection, the modem is connected directly to the computer(without the router), i use pppoeconf to connect, but when i connect the speed is much slower that it should ...
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My WiFi speed stuck at 1Mb/s
so I read multiple threads about this problem and my rate is limited to 1Mb/s (or that is what iwconfig tells me.)
Here is my output of iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
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How is the speed of a bridge set?
I have a bridge (created via systemd-networkd) which links a few physical interfaces. All of the interfaces are 1 Gbps, except one which is 100 Mbps.
The problem: it looks like (from local iperf3 ...
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Incredibly bad upload speed towards my IP only
I'm running a VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server) on Ubuntu 16.04. I'm experiencing a very bizarre issue with uploading. Let me try to explain, by using a "map".
VDS --> My Local PC = Upload speed is ...