Ethernet connection very slow and droping on old desktop

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Ethernet connection very slow and droping on old desktop - pemartins - 02-01-2018

The Ethernet connection in this old pc is killing me to the point I cannot even update the system... Sad

Here's the output of ifconfig:

Code:
[code]$ ifconfig

enp0s18   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:17:c6:41:79  

          inet addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

          inet6 addr: fe80::3d9c:f129:70d0:20d/64 Scope:Link

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:2912 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:668

          TX packets:3227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:2557078 (2.5 MB)  TX bytes:380159 (380.1 KB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1

          RX packets:367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 

          RX bytes:32478 (32.4 KB)  TX bytes:32478 (32.4 KB)

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I attached the system report created with Linux Lite's script.

I had a similar problem in this machine while using Windows XP, I do not remember what I did but it had something to do with changing something like duplex and changing 100MB/s to 10MB/s or something alike.

What can I do to improve the Ethernet connection?

Re: Ethernet connection very slow and droping on old desktop - rokytnji - 02-01-2018

I'd try a brand new ethernet cable 1st. Another time. One of my ethernet ports went bad on my wireless router. I had to change it out .

I fixed some of the slow part by calling my ISP provider.

Re: Ethernet connection very slow and droping on old desktop - pemartins - 02-02-2018

[member=494]rokytnji[/member] thank you very much for helping me.

And yes, your advice of checking the basics first apparently fixed my issue, I changed the cable and the Ethernet port on the router and the speed is now very acceptable!

Thank you very much once again. I'm marking this one as solved.

Re: Ethernet connection very slow and droping on old desktop - rokytnji - 02-02-2018

Cool Beans. I*t is usually something simple when it comes to ethernet problems using Linux. The kernel usually has Ethernet hardware covered real well.