*Ubuntu - Have slow internet connection? Check this!

[Chiefy]

I was working on a KUbuntu laptop today and i noticed the internet was very slow for some reason.

The internet connection was dhcpd enabled, i tried manual configuration.... same... slow slow slow....

Booted up to the Windows partition and the connection was fine.

Back to ubuntu the browsing was too slow again, double checked the resolv.conf, ip, mask, broadcast etc, everything was fine.

I disable the ipv6 by mistake, and the internet connection was at normal speeds!

I dont know about you guys with *Ubuntu systems if you have slow... whatever.... if you have try to disable the ipv6 IF you dont use it.


Open your favorite editor to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

Go to the line "alias net-pf-10 ipv6"
and replace with this one: "alias net-pf-10 off"
Save the file and reboot the system"

[bigtrouble77]

Yeah, Ubuntu supports ipv6 by default. Since IPv4 accounts for virtually all of the addresses out there IPv6 is just gonna slow things down and offer no benefit at the moment. I think disabling it is just going to cut down on some lag- file transfers should not be affected.

BTW, enabling dhcp on your internal router has nothing to do with your internet connection, but rather affects lan addresses. As long as you're getting a proper internal ip, dhcp will never hamper performance.

[Chiefy]

Is not "some lag". About 10-15 seconds to refresh/open a site, or any. It's a killa.

No internal router,on this isp you need to use dhcp.