How to increase my network speed in Ubuntu

ubuntu ubuntu-9.10 wireless-networking internet

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This is probably not the answer you want to hear, but it's likely that there is no (software-based) solution to this. Wireless drivers are notoriously undocumented for open source development, so very oftentimes the drivers running your dongle are reverse-engineered, hacked-together implementations that stand little chance of performing as well as the Windows drivers (which were developed with the full support and help of the manufacturer). This is true of hardware in general, but for some reason is particularly true for wireless network hardware.

Your best bet might be to get a well-supported under Linux card. Here's a list of hardware that might work better for you.

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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Toby over 1 year

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and I am experiencing some fairly dire internet speeds from the same connection that Windows machines have no issues with.

All the help I have found online seems to be aimed at older versions of Ubuntu but I have tried some of them;

I have disabled ipv6 I have edited my sysctl.conf file and added the following lines..

net.core.rmem_max = 16777216

net.core.wmem_max = 16777216

net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4096 39000 187000

net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=4096 39000 187000

net.ipv4.tcp_mem=187000 187000 187000

net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save=1

net.ipv4.tcp_moderate_rcvbuf=1

But to no avail, if anyone has some times aimed at Karmic Koala, or if there is something I am just missing, I would be very grateful.

EDIT

I should point out, I am able to get online and perform most web tasks fine, I just notice when performing speed tests and downloading large files.
- marcusw about 14 years
  
  Network card model?
- Toby about 14 years
  
  It is a wireless USB dongle - a Belkin Wireless G plus MIMO