very slow internet on Peppermint (no longer solved?)

[kskarda]

No file came up. It says:

sudo: /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf: command not found

[PCNetSpec]

My mistake, I forgot to add "gedit" in that command 

Command fixed in my last posting .. so please try again.

[kskarda]

The internet bar is up, and it says 98%! Web pages are loading normally!

On a side note, before I rebooted the computer, the Terminal had this message:

 Gtk-WARNING **: Calling Inhibit failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by an .service files.

Should I be worried?

[PCNetSpec]

No, that's nothing to worry about, and can be safely ignored...

Peppermint doesn't use the gnome session manager .. it's NOT an issue, just a warning that gedit couldn't find it

gedit will throw up this error in any distro that doesn't use the gnome session manger .. Which pretty much means any distro that doesn't use the gnome desktop

Don't Panic

(and always carry a towel)

[kskarda]

Then thank you so much! I'll mark this one as solved. Thanks for being patient! 

[PCNetSpec]

Okey dokey .. after a day or so, can you please let me know if it's still working with a strong signal .. just as a matter of interest.

I expect it will be, but you never know.

Oh, and you're welcome

[kskarda]

Good news: Wifi is still working great! As to the strength, it's now staying around 80-89% (though technically I am actually sitting right next to the router). It feels very responsive, and there's very little to no delay when pulling up webpages or internet based apps. Well done, sir.

[PCNetSpec]

Thanks for taking the time to post the feedback kskarda .. now I know it works, I can commit it to memory for the next time it comes up....

Of course that assumes my memory (which recently resembles a sieve) is capable of holding it that long 

[kskarda]

Hi PCNetSpec,

I am afraid I must have been a little too enthusiastic. Shortly after I wrote you, the problem began again, though I haven't had time to deal with it yet. The internet does still work, but it cuts out frequently with the "aw, snap" page or the "This webpage is not available" page. No videos or websites involved higher connection can be viewed. The internet cuts in and out, sometimes entirely unavailable for several minutes (though always showing an internet connection) and some completely usable, except for to watch videos and such (previously my husband was able to watch videos without a problem, which tells me there should not be a plugin problem). At the moment, the connection is 60% , but we're not right next to the router, and I would not expect it to be very high. However, even being right next to the router does not seem to help. Any advice?

Kara

[PCNetSpec]

Can you post the output from:

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dpkg -l | grep flash

and next time it won't let you browse the web, run:

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ping -c 5 google.com

and

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ping -c 5 74.125.230.231

and post tbhe output from both.

As you're going to be doing this when it won't let you browse, it may be best to copy these commands to a file whist it will
(sorry if that seemed a little obvious)

[kskarda]

At the moment, the internet is basically working (albeit not excellently), so I've only done the first of the three you gave me.

Here's the output:
ii  pepperflashplugin-nonfree            1.3ubuntu1                             i386         Pepper Flash Player - browser plugin

I'll be waiting for the chance to use the other two.

[kskarda]

The internet completely froze on me for a bit (though it still showed the connection), so here what I've got:

somjit@somjit-AOD270 ~ $ ping -c 5 google.com
PING google.com (173.194.126.64) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from kul06s05-in-f0.1e100.net (173.194.126.64): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=98.1 ms
64 bytes from kul06s05-in-f0.1e100.net (173.194.126.64): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=99.2 ms
64 bytes from kul06s05-in-f0.1e100.net (173.194.126.64): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=114 ms
64 bytes from kul06s05-in-f0.1e100.net (173.194.126.64): icmp_seq=5 ttl=50 time=97.9 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4012ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 97.900/102.343/114.045/6.779 ms
somjit@somjit-AOD270 ~ $ ping -c 5 74.125.230.231
PING 74.125.230.231 (74.125.230.231) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 74.125.230.231: icmp_seq=3 ttl=43 time=1437 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.230.231: icmp_seq=4 ttl=43 time=440 ms

--- 74.125.230.231 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 2 received, 60% packet loss, time 4026ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 440.543/939.190/1437.838/498.648 ms, pipe 2

[VinDSL]

You've got a lot of packets falling to the floor.   

A spray test might help to pinpoint the prob.

I've used this one for years:  http://www.dslreports.com/pingtest

[PCNetSpec]

What's the output from:

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iwconfig

and

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ifconfig

[kskarda]

So for now the ping test won't work, as it keeps saying my IP address in not pingable. How do I make myself pingable?

However, here is the output for the commands you gave:

somjit@somjit-AOD270 ~ $ iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Pentecross" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: E8:94:F6:D6:CE:E1   
          Bit Rate=52 Mb/s   Tx-Power=19 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=47/70  Signal level=-63 dBm 
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:24  Invalid misc:30   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

somjit@somjit-AOD270 ~ $ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 04:7d:7b:df:4d:01 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

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:471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:44865 (44.8 KB)  TX bytes:44865 (44.8 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 84:4b:f5:7c:14:75 
          inet addr:192.168.1.118  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::864b:f5ff:fe7c:1475/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3526 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2453512 (2.4 MB)  TX bytes:756212 (756.2 KB)