slow internet download on ubuntu 8.10

[gardenhose]

Binary package hint: yelp

Hi,
I installed ubuntu 8.10 on my intel computer e-7050/610i GeoGorce 7050 NForce 610i motherboard.
Everything is working great except for the internet download speed

I have ran speed tests from various sites and here's what I get (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/)
Download Speed: 725 kbps (90.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2088 kbps (261 KB/sec transfer rate)

Download speed is painfully slow, but upload speeds are consistently fine.

I have read several forum articles and did what they have asked:
1. Setting the mtu to 1500
2. Disabling ipv6 ( by modifying /etc/modprobe.d/aliases) and also putting this line "alias net-pf-10 off" in the bad_list file.

Here is some more information that may help:
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lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
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ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:97:a1:87:09
          inet addr:192.168.2.95 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:9933 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12020 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:8700097 (8.7 MB) TX bytes:6275211 (6.2 MB)
          Interrupt:220 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:2808 (2.8 KB) TX bytes:2808 (2.8 KB)
=============================================
 lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 07c3 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:03.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP73 SMBus (rev a1)
00:03.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP73 [nForce 630i] USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI) (rev a1)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP73 IDE (rev a1)
00:09.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 07f0 (rev a2)
00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7050/nForce 610i (rev a2)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
======================================================

I am using a Belkin 4 port router. Also my laptop computer running ubuntu 6.0 works great with speeds of upto 2.0 mbps download and upload.

I am pretty sure something is setup incorrectly on my desktop, it is either a bug or a setup problem but can't seem to fix it. Please help!!!

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

[[e-mail] (j.scott.gwin)]

Thanks for reporting this problem. I don't have an answer as I'm pulling over 20MB and pushing almost 4Mb with no special treaks.

[gardenhose (amishgandhi)]

Thanks for replying Scott.
Just a note, if anyone who's trying to fix the bug want to debug the problem more on my machine, please let me know.
I can come online on irc and run commands that may help find a solution faster.

Thanks,
Amish.

[gardenhose (amishgandhi)]

I think I found the problem. It is with my router belkin router.
I connected directly to the modem and restarted the modem and my machine and speed is much better.

Time to get a new router? Or is there a fix?

Thanks,
Amish.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

are you confiming that this is a yelp issue? yelp doesn't have any code to manage your internet connection, it's not a yelp issue at all, the report needs reassignment.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

gardenhose, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Intrepid reached EOL on April 30, 2010.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Is this an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 346354

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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