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cl1ckclack
May 21st, 2011, 07:20 PM
So im very very new to linux, and ubuntu. and dont really know what im doing. i just knew i was tired of how slow windows was and i wanted something new. i have a toshiba nb205 netbook, and the 11.04 version of ubuntu. my internet since switching to ubuntu is very slow. i need helping figuring out why and what i can do to get it back to normal speeds

thanks in advance
Cardinal~
May 21st, 2011, 10:02 PM
Hello,

I am in the same situation as the OP. Just installed Ubuntu for the first time (the Windows dual boot app) and the connexion is extremely slow. My computer is an Acer 5740G laptop with an Atheros AR5B93 Network Adapter.
cl1ckclack
May 23rd, 2011, 08:30 PM
ttt 10 char
dineshs
May 24th, 2011, 06:02 AM
Wired or wireless? Did you disable ipv6 (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20cannot%20load%20websites%20but%20other%2 0programs%20can?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Firefox+cannot+load+web+sites+but+oth er+programs+can) ?
jaychandran_s
May 24th, 2011, 06:08 AM
Wired or wireless? Did you disable ipv6 (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20cannot%20load%20websites%20but%20other%2 0programs%20can?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Firefox+cannot+load+web+sites+but+oth er+programs+can) ?

Yes. I agree. Is it wired or wireless? Its been a while for me using ubuntu (7 months) and i have ZERO issues as regarding to internet speed. My internet connection is through ethernet.
cl1ckclack
June 3rd, 2011, 03:00 AM
it is going through wireless. i tried disabling that thing you mentioned, and my speeds are better, and about half what they should be. when i was using windows i would average 1.1-1.5 mb/s right now im at around 500 kb/s
Thewhistlingwind
June 3rd, 2011, 04:31 AM
Traceroute to a domain your trying to access?

Also, maybe it's your DNS settings? Some DNS servers are slow, and changing them may improve your speeds.
lz1dsb
June 3rd, 2011, 12:35 PM
Could you provide a bit more detailed information regarding what you consider a slow internet connection?
I mean, how do you measure it?
Like it was suggested here in this thread you should measure your DNS response. If for some reason you have slow response from the DNS servers than Web browsing would feel like kind of slow. So you need to check on that.
If for some reason you have slow response from you Default Gateway it would be the same thing.
If you provide more details about your connectivity I could be a little bit more specific.
dineshs
June 6th, 2011, 09:05 AM
Recently saw this
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10907568&postcount=11