[Internet Speed Problem] My System is using 1Mbps ONLY out of 8Mbps

[John Hupp]

On 8/2/2013 8:05 PM, John Hupp wrote:
> On 8/2/2013 6:32 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have this problem for months but I decided NOT to deal with it as a 
>> high priority and sometimes to ignore it. Now, I can't ignore it 
>> anymore. I'd like to understand and know what is going on??!!
>>
>>   * My Internet Connection is 8Mbps
>>   * I'm using this machine: P4 with 512MB RAM and USB Network Adapter
>>     (N) and Lubuntu 13.10 (latest update) is installed
>>   * I have N Router
>>   * *-network
>>            description: Wireless interface
>>            physical id: 1
>>
>>            bus info: usb at 1:1
>>            logical name: wlan0
>>            serial: 00:1f:1f:a8:e5:21
>>            capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
>>            configuration: broadcast=yes *driver=rt2800usb*
>>     driverversion=3.10.0-6-generic firmware=0.29 ip=10.0.0.50
>>     link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
>>   * http://www.speedtest.net/ is showing that I have more than 8Mbps
>>     (9.31Mbps) for download and 1.06Mbps for upload
>>   * NO matter what website I use, even when I use LXTerminal to
>>     update my system, my machine/system is refusing to use more than
>>     1Mbps (125KB/Sec) of Connection Speed while I have total of 8Mbps
>>   * Needless to say, everything is FINE with other machines. I'm
>>     using two machines right now, the one with the problem explained
>>     above and the other one is Core i5 first generation with 4GB RAM
>>     connected to the very same router which the P4 machine is
>>     connected to.
>>
>> What is going on?
>>
>> Thank you!
>> amjjawad
>>
>
> Could it be that this is working properly and you're simply looking at 
> different reporting standards -- megabits/second vs. 
> megabytes/second?  That would be the easiest explanation for an 8x 
> difference.
>
> --John

Sorry, I see that this possibility was already covered in a reply post.....
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