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I have tried over 30 different versions of Linux over the past week and all have been horribly slow( less than 5mb/s) mean while everything else on the same home network is 500mb/s to 1 gb/s. The computer running linux is a hp 3vn38ua and I've tried all kinds of distros, I'm very new to linux and don't know what is going on any help would be greatly appreciated, same problem wired or wireless, with the correct Realtek drivers installed or on generic.
model: hp laptop 15-da0xxx
system id: 84a6
product id: 3vn38ua#aba
processor: i5-8250 cpu @ 1.60ghz
mem 8gb
bios rev: F.36
running garuda
speed test through browser shows good speeds 200mb/s down and 10mb/s up but i dont g anythimg near that in actual usage.
when connected via cable cable length is 10 ft
Last edited by KngJmsthe1st; 08-01-2022 at 04:12 PM.
I have tried over 30 different versions of Linux over the past week and all have been horribly slow( less than 5mb/s) mean while everything else on the same home network is 500mb/s to 1 gb/s. The computer running linux is a hp 3vn38ua and I've tried all kinds of distros, I'm very new to linux and don't know whatvis going on any help would be greatly appreciated, same problem wirednor wireless, with the correct Realtek drivers installed or on generic.
Hello, KngJmsthe1st and welcome to LQ.
The internet runs on linux, so you can safely assume linux works. All linux versions use versions of the same kernel which has the drivers as modules, so you can be sure they are good if you have a decent network card. Stop swapping distributions, install one you like and we'll work with that. Most are based on RedHat, Debian, Slackware, or Ubuntu except for the 'compile your own' distributions. HP are not in the habit of using weird components, so I would expect drivers to exist.
The information you provide usually allows us to diagnose issues. In this case, you have given us no information to work with. I had to look up the hp 3vn38ua to find it's some HP laptop for the Indian Market? Post the output of these commands
Code:
/sbin/lspci -nn
lsusb
/sbin/ifconfig
Fully describe your test of speeds - what you expect, and what you did, length of cable, distro, etc. Give us enough to repeat your test locally.
Last edited by business_kid; 08-01-2022 at 05:25 AM.
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:b00a Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0408:5310 Quanta Computer, Inc. HP TrueVision HD Camera
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Thanks for the information. One thing you didn't give me was this bit
Quote:
Originally Posted by business_kid
Fully describe your test of speeds - what you expect, and what you did, length of cable, distro, etc. Give us enough to repeat your test locally.
Everything seems fine. Your network card is good but is not connected. So your wifi is your network link, and presumably going through the router? Possibly you're using Bluetooth to transfer files?
Now let's get real. That wired nic is not connected. My last two PCs have the same card, and it's well supported. It loads driver & firmware automatically. It does 1Gbps.
Your wifi is online in your information. Speeds on most of those no faster than 300Mbps on 2.4Ghz wifi. If you're on the upper channels of 5Ghz, you get higher speeds all right through air, but not through houses and glass.You might have a 10ft cable all right, but unless the other pc is on the other end of the cable, the total cable length is longer. Lastly most routers still have 100mbps network connections.
If you're getting 200Mbps down from anywhere, you're a lot faster than my internet. I'm sure that location matters. There are bottlenecks in every network, and the internet most of all. I have one download running at 720kbps right now, but I transferred 3.5G in under 10 seconds on my network yesterday (wifi --> router --> wifi). From here, it sounds like varying internet speeds, and there will be patterns to it.
everything else on the same home network is 500mb/s to 1 gb/s.
speed test through browser shows good speeds 200mb/s down and 10mb/s up but i dont g anythimg near that in actual usage.
Without context i.e. wired versus wireless or knowing anything about your hardware it is difficult to determine a network problem. As posted your posted wireless speed looks normal but I do not know what you mean by actual usage. Is it just browsing the internet? 200mb/s is the speed of raw data, actual communication requires some type of communication i.e. client/server talking back and forth plus latency will slow things down. Wireless signals are not constant and other devices can cause some interference which could slow things down. The more devices on your wireless network also affects speed and so on. If other wireless devices are seeing faster speeds it is probably due to a hardware difference. With 200mb/s I would guess the laptop only has a single antenna and the others may have multiple antennas.
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