Very slow download Speeds on my TP-Link WN821n Network adapter

[Soneone2305]

Hey guys , Am new to Linux so please bear with me , but I really couldn't find my way through this one anywhere else ..
I've Dual-Booted Windows 10 with Mint and can surely say that the download speeds i receive in Mint are painfully slow , and even downloading the updates through download manager is taking too long for the size of the updates .. I use a External USB network adapter (TP-Link WN821N to be specific) and couldn't really find a fix for this anywhere . So any suggestions fixes would be highly appreciated .Thanks in advance

[gittiest personITW]

Welcome to the forums.

If you can follow number 5 in the following link, that might give some clue as to why its happening:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444

[Soneone2305]

Sure thing bud sorry for not doing this earlier ..
My build is an old one but meets most of the requirements for Mint ..
Its a 64bit machine ,and I am using the Cinnamon desktop environment for Mint
Cant say Im getting any errors in specific it's a pretty smooth sailing but the download speeds seem to be a big issue for me
Any other suggestions and questions would be appreciated. Thanks

[gittiest personITW]

You really won't get much useful help unless we can see what you are running.

If you can follow number 5 in the following link, that might give some clue as to why its happening:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444

[motoryzen]

Sure thing bud sorry for not doing this earlier ..
My build is an old one but meets most of the requirements for Mint ..
Its a 64bit machine ,and I am using the Cinnamon desktop environment for Mint
Cant say Im getting any errors in specific it's a pretty smooth sailing but the download speeds seem to be a big issue for me
Any other suggestions and questions would be appreciated. Thanks

Meaning. post the results of the command in a terminal window

inxi -Fxxxrz

So you type that command in a terminal window, press enter. highlight the results. "copy" it ( right click and select copy..or ctrl c or ctrl shift c ), then come back here, click that </> ( fifth from the left just above the message window) and then "paste" (ctrl v )

That's what the gittiest ...meant

It doesn't provide any personally identifiable information, BUT....it provides a decent wealth and often enough to help narrow down many problems.

[Soneone2305]

Oh sorry ! Didn't know that ! Sorry for the problem .Here it is ..

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Intel model: DG31PR v: AAD97573-206 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: Intel v: PRG3110H.86A.0047.2008.0227.1745 date: 02/27/2008 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Penryn rev: 6 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 12665 
  Speed: 2403 MHz min/max: 1998/3163 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2403 2: 2384 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nouveau 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0a65 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA8 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:27d8 
  Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0be3 
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-1.1:4 chip ID: 046d:0825 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Intel driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: ens2 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: TP-Link TL-WN821N Version 5 RTL8192EU type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu 
  bus ID: 1-1.4:9 chip ID: 2357:0107 serial: <filter> 
  IF: wlx503eaa8b8b8f state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 372.62 GiB used: 8.38 GiB (2.2%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3160215AS size: 149.05 GiB 
  speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: B scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB 
  speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: R013 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 143.83 GiB used: 8.38 GiB (5.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 51 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 205 Uptime: 6m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 1.76 GiB (45.9%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

[Soneone2305]

And just in case if that has some issues , here's the report from the System Reports app ..

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: Intel model: DG31PR v: AAD97573-206 serial: <filter> BIOS: Intel 
           v: PRG3110H.86A.0047.2008.0227.1745 date: 02/27/2008 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: 6 
           L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 12665 
           Speed: 3163 MHz min/max: 1998/3163 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3163 2: 3164 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0a65 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVA8 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:27d8 
           Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0be3 
           Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 1-1.1:4 
           chip ID: 046d:0825 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Intel 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: ens2 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: TP-Link TL-WN821N Version 5 RTL8192EU type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu 
           bus ID: 1-1.4:9 chip ID: 2357:0107 
           IF: wlx503eaa8b8b8f state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 372.62 GiB used: 8.37 GiB (2.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3160215AS size: 149.05 GiB speed: <unknown> 
           serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB speed: <unknown> 
           serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 143.83 GiB used: 8.37 GiB (5.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 1-1:2 info: USB2.0 HUB ports: 4 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 214b:7000 
           Device-1: 1-1.1:4 info: Logitech Webcam C270 type: Video,Audio 
           driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:0825 
           Device-2: 1-1.2:6 info: Logitech MK260 Wireless Combo Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c52e 
           Device-3: 1-1.3:7 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse 
           driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c534 
           Device-4: 1-1.4:9 info: TP-Link TL-WN821N Version 5 RTL8192EU type: Network 
           driver: rtl8xxxu rev: 2.1 chip ID: 2357:0107 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Device-5: 3-1:2 info: Dell Dell USB Wired Multimedia Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 chip ID: 413c:2112 
           Device-6: 3-2:3 info: Holtek USB Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 04d9:a0ac 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 51 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport
           2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
           6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:      Processes: 209 Uptime: 5m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 1.54 GiB (40.2%) Init: systemd v: 245 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client inxi: 3.0.38 

[gittiest personITW]

Try here:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... k.html#ID2

[Soneone2305]

A small confusion , the driver mentioned in the link is for my external USB network adapter or my integrated Realtek network driver ?

[gittiest personITW]

The link points to the TPL WN821 instructions as that is what your title says the problem is with.
Do you have problems with the internal one also?