No he is correct that the ipv6 is causing the problem, I had the same thing in Redhat at one time, with a wired connection. The answer is to disable the ipv6. I think during install there is an option to turn it off, which I always do now. I know it can be turned off in Redhat after install, just don't remember how. I found the answer the first time with a google search. > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On > Behalf Of Stephen > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:16 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Problem with Internet speed in laptop in Linux Mint > > i have found that in hybrid networks (ipv4 and ipv6) without > any routing or configuration things get weird. so unless i > plan on adopting ipv6 i usually just disable it. > > also i would try a direct cable connection to the router and > see if there is a speed change. this will let you know if you > need to work on the wireless configuration or something else > im sure. also what is her wireless card/laptop make/model (i > have had weird issues with wireless drivers under Linux > sometimes being weird) > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Renaton > Patron wrote: > > Hi all, I just convinced my wife to switch to Linux/GNU from Vista > > after her laptop was extremely slow and infected with > spyware. I use > > Ubuntu 9.04 in my desktop, but I tried Linux Mint sometime > ago, and I > > thought it can be used as an easy transition from windows, > also since > > it is based in Ubuntu I can help her to migrate. > > The installation was very fast, and at the end everything > was working, > > she was happy. The only thing we noticed was that the Internet was > > slow. Slower even than her old Vista. We have been using > the 1.5Mb Cox > > service and we felt it was slow but we could manage. So > since I wanted > > her to keep using Linux Mint, I called Cox and upgraded our > Internet to the 13Mb. > > Now, my question. My desktop (that uses a PCI wireless > card) reports a > > download speed of about 8.5Mb (according to a Cox technician is not > > that bad, since I'm behind a router) but my wife's laptop > is getting > > 1.65Mb > > > > Here's my wifes wireless card info using ifconfig > > > > wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:44:b9:27:ae > >           inet addr:192.168.1.134  Bcast:192.168.1.255  > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > >           inet6 addr: fe80::216:44ff:feb9:27ae/64 Scope:Link > >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1 > >           RX packets:237296 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >           TX packets:174393 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > >           RX bytes:326221172 (326.2 MB)  TX bytes:26815061 (26.8 MB) > > > > If it is any help, I'm using a Linksys WRT54Gv8 / GSv7 with > a DD-WRT > > v24 > > RC-5 firmware. > > > > After wondering on the forums I think my problem is with IPv6. Has > > anybody had a problem with IPv6? How can I disable IPv6 on Jaunty > > (Mint 7 is based on Jaunty0? Ive checked some tips from the forums > > (upgrading the kernel, using option ipv6.disable=1  see: > > > http://www.ubuntu-inside.me/2009/04/howto-disable-ipv6-at-ubuntu-jaunt > > y.html) > > but nothing. > > > > Any help with this problem will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Renato > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent > you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit > the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss