[SOLVED] it's so slow to download in ubuntu

[sapphirelinux]

i'm using ubuntu 9.10 and i'm freshman to linux.
i found out it was so slow to download anything from any site. not update system from server. i solved that slowness by selecting the best source. it could go up to 100k/s. but my bandwidth is 12 Mbs.
when i download anything from any site, it is just like 10k/s. it's ridiculous.
i've searched the whole weekend and tried almost everything i could find about this prob online. still doesn't get any better.

thanks, if you know howto, for your kindly sharing.

[coopstah13]

are you connecting via wireless? you could have a really bad signal which is slowing you down

also if someone else on the network is hogging bandwidth it would be slow too

[Rubberman]

There could also be an issue with your network driver. I haven't seen this and my Ubuntu systems typically get most of the available network bandwidth, whether using wired or wireless networking.

[oz]

it's so slow to download in ubuntu

Welcome to the forums!

You might also try disabling IPV6 if you haven't done so already:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/We...ngSlowIPv6IPv4

Some users including myself often find that it makes a big difference in their internet speeds.

[sapphirelinux]

are you connecting via wireless? you could have a really bad signal which is slowing you down

also if someone else on the network is hogging bandwidth it would be slow too

i've tried both wireless and wire.
and also i'm using the line by myself. no one else's using it.
so i don't think that's the prob.
btw, i tried to download the same thing with windows; it was faster.

[sapphirelinux]

There could also be an issue with your network driver. I haven't seen this and my Ubuntu systems typically get most of the available network bandwidth, whether using wired or wireless networking.

you mean the driver for wireless?
i didn't install any, because the new ubuntu has everything installed.

thanks for your replying.

[sapphirelinux]

thanks for your reply.
and now after i disabled ipv6, when i download itunes, it will go up to 300k/s.
much better than before.

[oz]

Glad that worked for you... start new threads if you should run into any other issues!