Ubuntu Mate upgrade dropped internet speed to 1/5

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I am brand new to Linux and no nothing how to fix this. I am trying to get off of Windows and only use Linux and am starting with Ubuntu Mate 16.04 LTE. Within the last week, the Software Updater said that I had some updates and I selected to install them. Ever since then my internet speed has dropped from 75mb/s to anywhere from 6-28mb/s. I don’t know how to fix this or how to diagnose this. I tried going to the manufacturers website of the nic which is Realtek and installing the latest version but that didn’t help, same speed. I asked the internet carrier to check their lines and they came out and found nothing. I switched my harddrive on the same device and used Windows 10 on the same hardware and got the max speed of 75mb/s+.

Does anyone have any specific things I can try or links to what may help me fix this? I’m sure it’s a bug in the current update. The reason i say that is that I re-downloaded Ubuntu Mate 16.04 LTE and re-installed/upgraded to the same version and when it finished, I was back up to 75mb/s. The software updater wanted to update again and I said sure again and my speed dropped back down to less than half.

Thanks in advanced for your help.
Brad

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Hi Brad,

try changing your software sources download location and update again per the Update Guide, this may solve the problem for you?:

My internet provider (bless em!) say that my connection is "up to 16MB/s" but as we all know; they lie a lot, I actually get a top speed of 3MB/s!. :frowning:

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Hi @umbrad
Can you please provide the output of the following command:

inxi -N

Type it in a terminal open with the keys: CTRL + ALT + T

Also, please tell us if you've installed the "Driver + Firmware Packages" from the Welcome splash screen -> Getting started

Cheers

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