Problem with Internet speed in laptop in Linux Mint

[Stephen]

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<linux at patrondesigns.com> 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-jaunty.html)
> but nothing.
>
> Any help with this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Renato
>
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