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WindowsGuySteam

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Internet is slow.

Hello im using ungoogled chromium. It gets 93 mpbs of internet (in fierfox based ones its 59)
i use cable with NetworkManager

Kde plasma.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 75,272

Re: Internet is slow.

Pay for a faster connection?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
I'll assume you're talking about 93Mbps (mpbs isn't aunit of anything), ie ~11.6MB/s  but you'll have to elaboarate a bit on your metric (how do you measure that) and your expectations (if you ran a WAN speedtest: how much throughput does your ISP promise)
And then of course details about the system, starting w/ the output of ethtool but also whether you're using some VPN etc. et pp.
Ideally run a LAN speedtest w/ iperf.

And just for good measure and to catch some standard misconfigurations: Please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

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ewaller

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Re: Internet is slow.

I'll assume you're talking about 93Mbps (mpbs isn't aunit of anything)

You are right -- I read that as 93 mbps which would have been 93 millibits / sec -- that would be slow

Edit:  But seriously, 93 Mbps is a good approximation of what one would expect for 100Base-T full duplex connection.

What rate are you expecting?  This is a wired connection?  (I assume 'cable' means wired Ethernet and not 'cable modem')
Do you have a 100 Mbps link? or are you expecting a 1000 Mbps link? Why?

Last edited by ewaller (2025-06-28 01:03:46)

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WindowsGuySteam

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Registered: 2025-02-01

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Re: Internet is slow.

I'll assume you're talking about 93Mbps (mpbs isn't aunit of anything)

You are right -- I read that as 93 mbps which would have been 93 millibits / sec -- that would be slow

Edit:  But seriously, 93 Mbps is a good approximation of what one would expect for 100Base-T full duplex connection.

What rate are you expecting?  This is a wired connection?  (I assume 'cable' means wired Ethernet and not 'cable modem')
Do you have a 100 Mbps link? or are you expecting a 1000 Mbps link? Why?

wired connection.
in pc motherboard supports maximum 100 mbps.
but somehow on windows its 99 in firefox.

i except minimum 97

Last edited by WindowsGuySteam (2025-06-28 12:07:35)

WindowsGuySteam

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Registered: 2025-02-01

Posts: 10

Re: Internet is slow.

Pay for a faster connection?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
I'll assume you're talking about 93Mbps (mpbs isn't aunit of anything), ie ~11.6MB/s  but you'll have to elaboarate a bit on your metric (how do you measure that) and your expectations (if you ran a WAN speedtest: how much throughput does your ISP promise)
And then of course details about the system, starting w/ the output of ethtool but also whether you're using some VPN etc. et pp.
Ideally run a LAN speedtest w/ iperf.

And just for good measure and to catch some standard misconfigurations: Please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

http://0x0.st/8l7u.txt
heres what i only got

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,112

Re: Internet is slow.

i except minimum 97

why?
a system with only a 10/100 nic is likely quite old as gbit is standard for several years now
by implicaton of its age its also likely a quite slow system
also: the 100MBit/s physical link speed doesn't mean you're guaranteed to get that as net throughput which mostly relies on the remote server and the path

example: I have a 264MBit/s connection - and to many many servers I get about 200-250 throughput
but to my own server I get only 100 max because it's limited to that by the hoster although it has a physical uplink of 1gbit to its router

tldr: just because something says it's capable of uo to 100mbit doesn't mean you allways will get that net throughput

seth

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Re: Internet is slow.

1. 3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.

2.

you'll have to elaboarate a bit on your metric (how do you measure that)

Your inconsistent results between browsers suggest that you're using some browser speed test - did you rule any sideload?
Ie. if you run a speedtest while leaching the last season of white lotus, you're not getting the entire speed on the speedtest.

There're no problem indications in the journal, if you want you may try https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/r8168-lts/ (but this is only for the LTS kernel) and to take the browser out of the equation and though a LAN test on iperf would be better, there's a simplistic speedtest in Get ABBS

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WindowsGuySteam

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Registered: 2025-02-01

Posts: 10

Re: Internet is slow.

1. 3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.

2.

you'll have to elaboarate a bit on your metric (how do you measure that)

Your inconsistent results between browsers suggest that you're using some browser speed test - did you rule any sideload?
Ie. if you run a speedtest while leaching the last season of white lotus, you're not getting the entire speed on the speedtest.

There're no problem indications in the journal, if you want you may try https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/r8168-lts/ (but this is only for the LTS kernel) and to take the browser out of the equation and though a LAN test on iperf would be better, there's a simplistic speedtest in Get ABBS

how to disable thing that you said?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Internet is slow.

Did you click the link in my signature? It explains this en detail.

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WindowsGuySteam

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Registered: 2025-02-01

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Re: Internet is slow.

Did you click the link in my signature? It explains this en detail.

which one link?

WindowsGuySteam

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Re: Internet is slow.

and first i dont have windows

seth

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Re: Internet is slow.

1. 3rd link below. Mandatory.

the one that says "Disable Windows Fast-Start!" and points to http://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_bo … ibernation …

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