Need a command or apt for finding out what programs are running in the background .... it seems my upload speed is faster than my download speed .... I'm using LibreSpeed - Speed Test and this is according to it's findings ..... in the past all my uploads have been much slower than my downloads ....
I am using ProtonVPN but it doesn't matter if I have it turned it on or off .....
This is with VPN turned on ..... my ISP plan calls for 100 Mbps ....
And this is off .....
When you have your VPN off, it seems like you're getting pretty close to your advertised speeds (85 to 100 is pretty close). As annoying as it is, when ISPs advertise speeds, it's always "up to" , so that when you inevitably don't get exactly that number they have a buffer. You could also try another server to speed test to, and even another speed test application, as they vary significantly.
For example, I've got gigabit speeds, but it's rare to actually get that full speed, usually I'm in the 850mbps speed, sometimes closer to gigabit, sometimes a bit lower.
You will always get lower speeds if using a VPN because you are using a middleman which will eat into your bandwidth for both upload and download speeds.
System Monitor is installed with Zorin by default. It should be in your applications menu. The processes tab will list all processes, but can't be sorted by network access. The resources tab will show you data/second sent and received, as well as total.
That's true, but it's extraordinarily unusual to get an upload speed higher than download. That said, Frog seems to be in Japan based on the server in the screenshots, and I can't at all speak for their ISPs and policies. FiOS in the US, from what I understand, typically has upload equal or less than download, and cable virtually always has upload lower than download*.
Frog, is your connection cable, FiOS, or something else? Cable networks... kinda suck. You have your major lines that run from the source across a region, and circuits come off of those lines serving buildings or neighborhoods. It's possible, on a cable ISP, to have your maximum download drop because neighbors are straining the circuit, even if the ISP isn't overwhelmed as a whole.
*It drives me crazy how much slower my uploads are than my downloads.
Thanks for the reply's folks ...... yes I am aware that my VPN will steal a little of my band width and that doesn't concern me .....
The only reason I use a VPN is because the country I live in (not Japan) is known as one of the countries that will pirate movies ... music and just about anything else so lots of websites will ban any ISP address coming from this country ....
When doing a web search it infuriates me to know end to click on the site and it says "the owner of this site has banned your IP address ....
Even if I want to check prices in the US from stores like Lowe's ..... Home Depot ..... Walmart etc. I get that message or else they just time out when loading ..... with a VPN I can view them just fine ....
The main reason I asked the question is because for years any VPN or normal connect has always shown that my upload speed was about 1/2 of my download speed ..... but in the last month it is either the same or greater than my download speed ..... which I guess is great if you use it ....
To be perfectly honest I never upload anything so it is kinda of a mote question I guess ..... just was curious why the sudden change to the upload speed ..... could it just be my ISP supplier ???? ....
And just to further clarify I am on a fiber connection and the laptop is WiFi ..... I am about 8 ft from my router .... if that makes a difference ....
Ok, so: it would be strange for this to be the case, but let's just ask and rule it out: were you using a wired connection before the change to your speeds? If not, has anything changed in terms of wireless signals? Other devices/high interference appliances like microwaves, neighbors, etc?
It's normal for fiber connections to have upload close or equal to their download, so it's less weird to me now that your fiber connection is giving you that upload, but obviously your download is hurting. Using the system monitor, does the resources tab show any unexpected network use?
Finally, if your router supports it, you may want to check for any unexpected devices (this will usually be in something called a client list, or DHCP reservations), or check for per-device network activity that could be stealing bandwidth. This is an example of what I'm asking about on my own router:
If you don't see any unexpected network activity, then I can only think of two things: ISP issues, or issues between your machine and the countries with sites you're visiting.
Frog, don't forget you can use the APP called Stacer! You can find it in the software store, it should be there.
Stacer is great, you can get good info on the Dashboard itself. Then you can get more detailed info, from the different tabs on the left side. Stuff like a process monitor, internet speed monitor, etc. You can even clean out the temporary files too with it, its a lovely tool.
A new APP I recently installed, which reminds me a lot of the Windows system monitor, is the Mission Center APP.
This tool has some of the same abilities, and might be useful to you as well, depending on your needs. And I like it more then the built in system monitor in Zorin OS as well.
FYI, those of you who have gigabit speeds, are so lucky! It literally took 2-decades, till my cable provider, finally provided me speeds worthy of 4K. This is the best I can achieve for supposed 500MB internet.
A lot of network straining happening around here as you call it, everybody shares off the same main cable line off the power poles, and they split it off to each house. Coax cable will always be behind FIOS fiber optics. And since the provider owns a monopoly, they prevent fiber optics from being installed in my area, so I am stuck.
Its either this, or super slow wireless internet, which can't even keep up with 4K demand, so I won't go the rout of 10MB dish net, screw that!
I'm on fiber, my upload is as fast as my download. Usually upload speeds are throttled on account of normal people won't be needing to upload a lot of stuff and if you do, you're probably a business. So normal people shouldn't mind slower uploads. That kind of logic. But yeh on fiber maybe it's harder to throttle the uploads so they just let you have it at the same speed.
Points about advertised speeds: these are wired speeds. Wifi is generally slower. Also a lot of it is dependent on your equipment. For example I have an elderly computer that is incapabale of getting close to the advertised speed of anything. Not the ISP fault. It is consumer job to do their homework, see what max speeds their equipment is capable of, and how many devices are expected to be used at the same time and buy a plan with appropriate speed. I don't think that applies in this situation I am just throwing it out there as a reminder.
It's not throttling so much as allocation of resources. The vast majority of people need more down than up, so they allocate to allow for that. This page explains it better than I can: Why Are Upload Speeds So Much Slower than Download Speeds? - Make Tech Easier
No I've been on fiber for about 6 months ..... can't have a microwave in the house I have a pacemaker so nothing with high frequency's .....
Nothing I can think of has changed so it may just be the ISP folks .....
i_luz my have supplied an answer in his post below ....
That maybe the answer ..... seems reasonable to me any way ....
I agree and as I don't need the upload I guess the problem is solved unless someone else has any ideas ......
Thanks to everyone who posted on my question .....
Semantics. They can say download speeds are "prioritized" to non business customers or I can say upload speeds are throttled to non business customers. It amounts to the same thing, they can't easily deliver both so unless you're paying for a business plan, you're going to get slow upload speeds so they can get you better download speeds as that's what they figure is more important to you.
Unless you're on fiber, which now I understand why fiber is equally good.
But as the article pointed out, ISP are starting to slowly realize that upload speeds do matter to non business customers, who are storing everything in the cloud.
I think the issue has been answered already, so just to address the original question: you can run something like lsof -i to see all processes with active internet connections. It won't tell you how much data is being transferred or whether is an upload or download, but you might discover something unusual from there.
I edited your OP to change typo "unload" to "upload". Hope you don't mind. Zab
Thanks zenzen ..... kinda looks like my Brave Browser is the leading program by a mile ..... only a quick glance but I'll do a more detailed one in a bit ....
No problem zab feel free anytime I trust ya .... LOL
Browsers do make a lot of connections, so that's not necessarily unusual. I'm sure there must be more specialized tools that could visualize this more clearly but this is a simple command that could help finding that stands out as suspicious.
