Questions tagged [download-speed]
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How to check Internet Speed via Terminal?
Instead of going to sites like speedtest.net, I want to check my current Internet speed from the terminal on Ubuntu. How can I do it?
kernel_panic
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How to make wget faster or multithreading?
I've just upgraded my computer hardware(cpu + motherboard + graphic card + memory + hard disk), so that install a new OS is needed. I tried to download debian-6.0.6-amd64-netinst.iso with wget command but the speed is so slow that I could not bear.…
Teifi
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Getting URL of YouTube video with `youtube-dl` is slow, without downloading video
I want to get the URL using youtube-dl, and the "simulate" option -g that does not download the video.
So I gave the following command:
youtube-dl -g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JGSAmu4lg
It gave the following output after 7 to 8…
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Why is wget still shipped as the default download manger, whereas there's richer apps
aria2c has invaluable features like:
Segmented downloading
Metalink Support
Download multiple files simultaneously
Multiple connections downloading
Torrent support with chunk checksum validation
which I believe don't exist in wget, and the…
DummyBeginner
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Is it possible to accelerate downloads in Synaptic Manager?
In Terminal that is possible by using apt-fast (using Axel).
But is it possible to put to work Axel and apt-fast in Synaptic Manager?
I found this suggestion, but I would not attempt it without the assistance from Ask Ubuntu :)
user47206
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Is there a faster way to download Ubuntu?
I want to download Ubuntu 12.04, but it seems to take a long time, i.e. 1 day via Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.
Can you suggest an alternative way to download it faster (e.g. 2 hours)??
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Which download manager is capable of 'throttle' and 'pause & resume' a running instance of download from a script
When downloading big files it necessary to pause the download many times. A big file can be downloaded by using wget. First start download, then kill wget, then resume download by wget -c.
I want to pause downloads too many times depending on events…
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Is the Ubuntu direct download exactly the same as the torrent?
Is the default download of ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso identical to the torrent ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent?
I'm asking because am finding the direct download 25% faster, but would be happy to seed back to people if I can simply place…
Lewis Goddard
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What are common causes for greatly decreased internet speeds?
Two days ago I set my computer up to dual-boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04.
On windows 7, my download speed averages around 500kb/s, regardless of time of day.
On Ubuntu, downloading simple updates from the Software Centre, my average speed is…
Jesse Alan
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Internet Download speed decreases over wifi
I have a D-link wireless router and an Adsl 5MB/s connection. The router have a Qnap box and a boxee box connected with 100/10 network cable, also we got My wife PC (running win7) my PC (dual boot win7 / Ubuntu 11.10), my laptop (dual boot win7 /…
Nitzan Brumer
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Why does my Network shows different speed in a Terminal and in the Browser?
I have seen this question: Slow download speed in terminal
and this one
Different download speeds in Ifstat and Chrome
and they are old, referring a different version of my current OS
and/or related to a different thing.
My system:
Laptop…
Geppettvs D'Constanzo
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Very Slow Download speed in terminal
The download speed in Terminal is very slow. about 40kBytes. But the speed in the browser works fine
I have chosen the best server but I still get the problem
by the way loot at the output of tracepath 1.1.1.1 output if it helps:
Aria P74
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Why is my download speed slow on Ubuntu 11.10?
Unfortunately I am experiencing slow download speeds on Ubuntu 11.10 but not on Windows Vista. My limited knowledge with Ubuntu and my subsequent flawed research to resolve the matter suggest, it might be a problem with Ath9k.
Ric
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speedtest cli ERROR: Unable to connect to servers to test latency
I used successfully the simple script
$ cat com/speedtestcli
#!/bin/bash
#
# check internet speed
#
#https://askubuntu.com/questions/104755/how-to-check-internet-speed-via-terminal
curl -s…
Giorgio Robino
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download acceleration with multiple connections
Possible Duplicate:
Can you recommend a good modern GUI download manager (wget wrapper?)
I'm trying to find a good download manager that can open concurrent connections for a single download.
I don't mind whether it's an extension (I'm using…
idgar
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