I have Centurylink gigabit, which normally gives me 600-750 Mbps. When I connect with my VPN it drops to about 300 Mbps. I normally run with the VPN (Mullvad, in Sweden). Several days ago my connection speed suddenly dropped to about 90 Mbps.
In trying to figure out what happened and fix it, I started by turning off the VPN, but Speedtest.org still reports about 90 Mbps, although it reports that my connection is now Centurylink in Portland. I have a second computer, a desktop also running Xubuntu 20.04.1, up to date. For kicks just now I ran Speedtest on it and it reported 570 Mbps up and down, which is normal during the day. Conclusion: There is nothing wrong with the CL connection, rather, something has gone haywire with networking on the laptop. On the laptop I disconnected both ethernet and wifi, then reconnected them, but no change. And I note that my speed is about 90 Mbps with or without the VPN. I need suggestions for what to poke at next. Is there a tool that will tell me what applications are sending/receiving and how much? _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
