John,

Testing with speedtest isn't going to be too reliable.  I'd suggest an internal network test like iperf3 between local machines to rule out outside factors (the internet).

On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM John Thompson via AlmaLinux Users <users@lists.almalinux.org> wrote:
My almalinux-9.8 desktop machine has suddenly suffered a severe network
(wired connection) slowdown. My ubuntu-24 laptop on the same network
(wifi connection) is much faster. This only happened recently:

Almalinux-9.8 (wired)
speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Spectrum (74.135.192.205)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by 5NINES LLC (Madison, WI) [155.45 km]: 120.835 ms
Testing download
speed................................................................................
Download: 5.47 Mbit/s
Testing upload
speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 18.46 Mbit/s


Ubuntu-24 (wifi)
spedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Spectrum (74.135.192.205)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by 5NINES LLC (Madison, WI) [155.45 km]: 44.175 ms
Testing download
speed................................................................................
Download: 193.94 Mbit/s
Testing upload
speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 21.31 Mbit/s

Any ideas?



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  Appleton, WI USA

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