Slow Networking Speed

Hey,
I am getting some problem with the Internet on my virtual machine. I tested the speed with speedtest-cli tool, its showing me
Download: 26.03 Mbit/s
Upload: 13.28 Mbit/s
but the actual speed i am getting is :
100 - 200 kbps as downloading
and upload speed is also very slow.
how can i get the fast internet speed???
kindly resolve this issue.
Thanks in advance.

Hello Hemant Thakur,
1. What is the size of the Virtual machine that you have deployed on Azure?
There could be several reasons that the VM has a network performance issues. To check if there are any issues on the platform end, I suggest that you try the steps below:
I suggest that you restart your Virtual Machine to see if it makes the difference. You can do this by logging into your Virtual Machine or from the Azure Management portal.
If this does not work, I suggest that you resize your Virtual Machine. You can refer to the link below that will give you information on how to accomplish this:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn168976(v=nav.70).aspx
If these steps do not work, we might have to further invertigate this issue. I suggest that you create a Support ticket with us. You can follow the link below to create a Support ticket:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/support/options/
Thanks,
Syed Irfan Hussain

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Using domain server:
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Address: 8.8.8.8#53
Aliases:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 577
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com. IN A
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www.google.com. 114 IN A 74.125.237.115
www.google.com. 114 IN A 74.125.237.116
www.google.com. 114 IN A 74.125.237.112
www.google.com. 114 IN A 74.125.237.114
www.google.com. 114 IN A 74.125.237.113
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Trying "www.google.com"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5320
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
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;www.google.com. IN AAAA
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www.google.com. 299 IN AAAA 2404:6800:4006:802::1012
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I cannot work out why directory listing is instant over wifi, but not over ethernet on 2 different macs, running 2 different versions of OSX. I also do not understand why if the network is having trouble listing the directories - the data transfer speed is 300mbps when i copy files across the wired network from the file server to the mac.
Does anyone have any other ideas as to what could be the problem here? We are about to start work on a very large project, where the content we are editing is spread out across around 200 different network folders (different shoots captured over the past 2 years). We really don't have the time to wait 60 seconds each time we need to access one of those directories to look for a file, and I am very close to pulling all my hair out!
I really look forward to hearing from anyone who can offer any insight.

If you are suspecting that the Windows update had something to do with your LAN going slow, then try the following:
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[SOLVED] Network speed very slow, no apparent reason

Hello, recently I switched from Windows 7 RC1 to Arch on my home machine (I have used Gentoo, Ubuntu, and Fedora 10 on the same machine in the past), and for some reason network speed is very slow.
I have Verizon's 20mbit/5mbit package, and I have always gotten that speed.
Using speedtest.net and 100mb.test from cachefly on multiple computers I have come to the conclusion that it is infact my Arch install that is causing the problem:
- All other machines on my network are getting 20/5 (both wired and wireless)
- I ran a speedtest from 2 other machines using the ethernet cable that this PC is on. Again, full 20/5.
- scp transfer of 100mb.test from this PC -> other Arch box: ~2.8MB/s.
- scp transfer of 100mb.test from other Arch box -> this PC: ~2.8MB/s.
- scp transfer of 100mb.test from this PC -> UK VPS (100mbit line): ~539KB/s
- scp transfer of 100mb.test from UK VPS -> this PC: ~76KB/s
- scp transfer of 100mb.test from this PC -> Chicago Server (dual gbit lines): ~563KB/s
- scp transfer of 100mb.test from Chicago Server -> this PC: ~91KB/s
speedtest.net result:
Upload speed seems to be unaffected.
I have tried disabling TCP window scaling, and appending my hostname to /etc/hosts.
What is weird though is that the other Arch box has an identical network config, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work.
My NIC is an integrated Realtek something, I can get the exact model if needed.
Last edited by whipsch (2009-06-05 18:29:21)

Hi, whipsch
Can you try ethtool to see if your ethernet card is actually negociating and using a 100Mb full duplex link on your LAN ? If not you can try to force the link parameter with ethtool. Also maybe the driver of your NIc has options related to link negociation.
Hope this helps,
JF

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inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
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supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:1f:5b:39:ba:a8
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inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
ether 00:1f:5b:39:ba:a9
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supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:22:41:d0:38:a1
media: autoselect status: inactive
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
vmnet8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.16.95.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.95.255
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08
vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.179.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.179.255
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