Ubuntu-slow internet

manic111

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I've finally managed to get Ubuntu up and running, with internet, wireless network and everything runnnin so YAY! 8.04 seems to have fixed most of my problems.

However, the internet is really slow compared to Windows. Apparently this is an issue with IPV6-can anyone explain to me how to turn it off? I have turned it off within Firefox using about:config, but some websites recommend using the terminal as well-anyone know how to do this?
 
Just turned on today and it is ridiculously slow again, it is not the internet as my Windows connection works fine. I have tried what TrX recommended and get "bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist: Permission denied". Any ideas?
 
Had a look online and found a similar command, used that to blacklist IPv6 and it seems to be working happily! Having said that it was quick when I first turned it on yesterday then slowed down.

manic111@manic111-desktop:~$ sudo ls -lah /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 996 2008-03-29 20:08 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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manic111@manic111-desktop:~$ sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps

# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi

blacklist ipv6
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I realise that TrX has been suspended (anyone know why?) but thought I would post these anyway just in case I have another problem.

Cheers for the help guys!


Second question, is there any way to delete all the panels and set the menus for places, applications etc to a mouse right click? I cant work out how to make the menus come up when I right click, and when I right click on the panel, "delete panel" is greyed out.
 
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Nope, slow again. I am attempting to run a wireless lan, and when I click connection properties it flicks between "idle", "sending/receiving" and "disconnected". When it was working properly it remained on "sending/receiving" all the time. Any ideas? When I try to hit "configure", it says "the interface does not exist".

Here is my /etc/network/interfaces file
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
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It's right, wlan0 does not exist, so god knows how it is connecting to the net at all!!! Anyway, I had a similar problem with Ubuntu 7.10 (see thread "thinking of trying Ubuntu again), so I tried to configure my wlan by typing
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-key WIRELESS_NETWORK_KEY
wireless-channel auto
wireless-essid NAME_OF_YOUR_NETWORK
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obviously with the essid and wireless key in.

Typed in "sudo ifup wlan0" (see, I'm learning ;)) and WOW, it works!!!

Haha, that's the first time I've ever accomplished anything semi on my own in the terminal, feels good!!!

Cheers, will keep you updated with any problems!



EDIT: Ignore the above, it's all slowed down again. I have rebooted and it still says that the wlan0 "interface does not exist" in spite of the interfaces file. Any ideas?
 
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Anyone got any ideas? It's still slow. Sorry for the bump :)

EDIT: Just pinged my router, the pings are varying from about 7 to about 1500-reckon this could be the problem rather than IPV6? If so, any idea what to do about it? Could it just be a problem with the Beta?
 
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Haha, ridiculous news (as if anyone is interested!!!) I just kicked my usb wireless card which is sitting on the floor under my desk and moved it slightly. I am now flying through the internet! Apparently there is one small spot in my computer's vicinity in which I get reasonable reception. :-D
 
Utterly bizarre-my install crashed and won't boot back into it, apparently it can't find any of the files. It was only installed via Wubi and was only the Beta anyway, so I think I will wait until the final version is released at the end of the month to bother installing again. Cheers for all the help though guys, really appreciate it-hopefully I can set it all up without issues in a few weeks :)
 
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