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fxlgore

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Registered: 2015-09-05

Posts: 30

Pacman and wifi

Hi, I'd wanna ask you somethinh about my download speed on pacman.
When I update my system by wifi the download speed is 140 kbps to 190 kbps (ridiculous) , my internet speed is 50 MB, when I update by LAN the download up to 5000 mbps app... If I download any thing by wifi the speed is good just pacman fails, is this normal?, can i improve the velocity?, thanks.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 29,523

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Re: Pacman and wifi

No, it's definitely not normal.  The most likely cause is that you are using a bad mirror (bad as in it *might* be  bad itself, or just bad for you due to location).

Use reflector to get good mirros.  And/or try curl'ing a file directly from the mirror and see if your speed is the same as pacman in order to test if this is the problem.

If this is not the issue, more ideas can be found here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … oad_speeds

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