synaptic package manager?

Thelemech

I was wondering if anyone knows how to increase the download speed in SPM on Ubuntu- my connection is 10/100 mbps but can only download package files at around 45 kbps max.?

RWB

No you did not ask that.... I just have so many things I wanna say to get this monkey off my back, but.... you're not a rude guest calling me and yelling...so I'll make it simple.

Your internet connection and internal LAN connection speeds are two different monsters.

I'll take it further, Synaptics Package Manager was always fast for me.... and if you mean 45KBps instead of 45kbps, then you're doing alright. I don't know who you have for an ISP, but to make a longer story short.... unless you have butt loads of money to pay per month, you're NOT getting a 100Mb connection. I'm talking in the tens of thousands of dollars.

BTW, about the whole "No you did not ask that...." thing... I work for a equipment provider for hotel's networks, it's only meant for the internet so it only runs 10Mbps. I get calls ALL the time from jackholes who claim their internet connection at home is 100Mbps and that we CANNOT claim to provide "High Speed Internet Access" becuase this is basically dial up speeds. Yeah... I would slap the mutherf'r in the face if I could, but I am supposed to be helpful... but explaining to them how it works would be a waste of my time as well so I just let them bitch so I can get them off my phone. The funny part, or not so funny part really.... we're not an ISP, we just take the existing internet connection at the hotel and run it to all the rooms.

Thelemech

RWB wrote:

No you did not ask that.... I just have so many things I wanna say to get this monkey off my back, but.... you're not a rude guest calling me and yelling...so I'll make it simple.

Your internet connection and internal LAN connection speeds are two different monsters.

I'll take it further, Synaptics Package Manager was always fast for me.... and if you mean 45KBps instead of 45kbps, then you're doing alright. I don't know who you have for an ISP, but to make a longer story short.... unless you have butt loads of money to pay per month, you're NOT getting a 100Mb connection. I'm talking in the tens of thousands of dollars.

BTW, about the whole "No you did not ask that...." thing... I work for a equipment provider for hotel's networks, it's only meant for the internet so it only runs 10Mbps. I get calls ALL the time from jackholes who claim their internet connection at home is 100Mbps and that we CANNOT claim to provide "High Speed Internet Access" becuase this is basically dial up speeds. Yeah... I would slap the mutherf'r in the face if I could, but I am supposed to be helpful... but explaining to them how it works would be a waste of my time as well so I just let them bitch so I can get them off my phone. The funny part, or not so funny part really.... we're not an ISP, we just take the existing internet connection at the hotel and run it to all the rooms.

Yes I did ask that:bigggrin:

Thanks for the heads up - I understand - my service provider ShawCable originally had me on a plan of 10 MBps and then offered me over the phone a super version for only ten bucks more for "up to" 100 MBps according to the sales guy on phone.

I was just wondering if there was a way to alter the download speed in synaptic manager - one reason was my p2 downloads update at 130 to 200 KBps and my P4 with a 100MBps/1000MBps ether card maxes out at 45 KBps

Cyclonite

It depends where the download is coming from and the usage at the time of downloading. I don't know of any ISP that can offer up to 100 mbps. Maybe 20-25, but not more than that.

Thelemech

Cyclonite wrote:

It depends where the download is coming from and the usage at the time of downloading. I don't know of any ISP that can offer up to 100 mbps. Maybe 20-25, but not more than that.

It seems some firms in Japan have been using them since 2005 and Finland is said to offer it to customers sometime this year.
The rep on the phone called it "super high speed' - I remember him saying 100 but I could be wrong!

GrayFox

Thelemech wrote:

Thanks for the heads up - I understand - my service provider ShawCable originally had me on a plan of 10 MBps and then offered me over the phone a super version for only ten bucks more for "up to" 100 MBps according to the sales guy on phone.

Then that sales persons a retard. Shaw offers up to 25mbps connections ($95 per month high speed nitro) ... But ive read they oversell there bandwidth like most cable providers.

Thelemech wrote:

I was just wondering if there was a way to alter the download speed in synaptic manager - one reason was my p2 downloads update at 130 to 200 KBps and my P4 with a 100MBps/1000MBps ether card maxes out at 45 KBps

Your probably on a poor repository try a different one.

Also 200KB/S is 1.5mb/s not 25mb/s

That would put you in between shaws high-speed basic (256kb/s) and high-speed package (5mb/s).


For more infomation on shaws packages please visit here.

RWB

Well note the term "Up to 100Mbps"... plus you're also relying on the other end's speed which may be a set speed. I don't remember the speed I got on Synaptic, but it wasn't slow. Granted if it were 100Mbps I probably wouldn't see the small files download. Still I find it hard to believe 100Mbps... The Roadrunner package I have is supposed to be 7Mbps, and I occasionally do hit that mark, but often it's maybe only 5Mbps, luckily because of where I live not too many people have internet, or computers for that matter, unless they stole it.

RWB

Ohh an BTW having worked for a big telecom I can honestly say that the sales people have no f'n clue about anything, they just sell you their crap. They're not supposed to lie, but how can they keep that promise if they don't even know the difference between a modem and CPU, much less KBps and Kbps.

Thelemech

RWB wrote:

Ohh an BTW having worked for a big telecom I can honestly say that the sales people have no f'n clue about anything, they just sell you their crap. They're not supposed to lie, but how can they keep that promise if they don't even know the difference between a modem and CPU, much less KBps and Kbps.

Thanks for the info anyhow
On a side note what is the proper way to write- KBps/Kbps/Kb\s etc...

Edit Went googling and I see now - and yes as you may have guessed I have no formal computer education - self taught thru the years - I apologize if my posts are not as knowledgeable as they could/should be - but I really do love Computers - learning/building/fixing/networking them.
Some day I hope to be able to programme Ai and the like!

Thrax

KBps = Kilobytes per second. 1024 kilobytes makes up one Megabyte (MB).
Kbps = Kilobits per second. There are 8 bits (b) to one byte (B).
MBps = Megabytes per second.
Mbps = Megabits per second.

All broadband connections are rated in Kbps or Mbps, which must be divided by 8 (In theory) or 10 (In practice) to deliver the speeds your browser reports. As an example: You purchase a 10Mbps line from your ISP. In theory, your maximum download speed should be 10,000Kbps (10Mb) / 8, or 1250 kilobytes per second (1.25 megs a second). In practice, however, due to network overhead and general internet white noise (Pr0n) causing sluggish traffic, it's 10,000Kbps / 10, or 1000Kbps, which is 3% short of a full meg of information per second.

To put it in perspective: An average CD is 650 megabytes (665,600 KB) large. On a 10Mbps (10,000Kbps) line, assuming you're at your maximum practical download speed (1000KBps), you'd get that file in about 665 seconds, or 11 minutes. But if you had a 10MBps line, which broadband companies would advertise as 100Mbps (LAN speeds), you'd download at 10 megabytes per second (10,000KBps), or close to 100,000 megabits per second! That same CD would download in about a minute.

Thelemech

Thrax wrote:

KBps = Kilobytes per second. 1024 kilobytes makes up one Megabyte (MB).
Kbps = Kilobits per second. There are 8 bits (b) to one byte (B).
MBps = Megabytes per second.
Mbps = Megabits per second.

All broadband connections are rated in Kbps or Mbps, which must be divided by 8 (In theory) or 10 (In practice) to deliver the speeds your browser reports. As an example: You purchase a 10Mbps line from your ISP. In theory, your maximum download speed should be 10,000Kbps (10Mb) / 8, or 1250 kilobytes per second (1.25 megs a second). In practice, however, due to network overhead and general internet white noise (Pr0n) causing sluggish traffic, it's 10,000Kbps / 10, or 1000Kbps, which is 3% short of a full meg of information per second.

To put it in perspective: An average CD is 650 megabytes (665,600 KB) large. On a 10Mbps (10,000Kbps) line, assuming you're at your maximum practical download speed (1000KBps), you'd get that file in about 665 seconds, or 11 minutes. But if you had a 10MBps line, which broadband companies would advertise as 100Mbps (LAN speeds), you'd download at 10 megabytes per second (10,000KBps), or close to 100,000 megabits per second! That same CD would download in about a minute.

Thanks - really appreciate it!