Really Slow Internet Speed

white · 2016-03-30 00:52:42

Alright, I'm pretty stumped here and could use some assistance. Prior to reinstalling linux onto my machine my internet speed was about 100 MB/s down and about 12 MB/s up. Now ever since I've gotten Arch up and going again I'm getting about 10 MB/s down and about 8 MB/s up (significant decrease). I've read numerous posts that disabling IPv6 fixes this issue for a lot of people. However, this did not fix my issue. I made sure to follow the Arch Wiki guide on disabling IPv6 yet my speed remained the same. Here's everything else I've tried:

* Going to my dhcpcd.conf file and adding noipv6rs and noipv6 to make sure IPv6 was disabled
* Also disabled IPv6 on my connection in NetworkManager
* Using a different ethernet cable
* Changing my nameservers to Google's 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4

I'm not sure where to go from here so if anyone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it. (Side note: This is all on a ethernet connection since I don't have a wireless card)

swalladge · 2016-04-02 11:33:56

What services are you using to manage network settings? Can you give the output of `ip address` in the terminal? You could also scroll through the journal to se if there's anything interesting there.

graysky · 2016-04-02 11:45:10

How are you measuring the throughput? What if you do from via the live CD?

x33a · 2016-04-02 12:58:49

Also post the details of your network card and driver.

Use lspci to find your network adapter and then use the following command:

lspci -k -s <id>

Where id is the string that is present before the device information.

branch · 2016-04-02 20:57:43

Also output of

ethtool <interface-name>

should show advertised and current link speed.

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#1 2016-03-30 00:52:42

Really Slow Internet Speed

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