Problem with Internet speed in laptop in Linux Mint

[Bob Elzer]

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 at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us 
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at 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<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-jaunt
> > y.html)
> > but nothing.
> >
> > Any help with this problem will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Renato
> >
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