Never mind. After trying several kernels (including booting from a live CD) - all with the same slow speed, I came to the conclusion that it must be a hardware problem.
It turns out that the network cable has been damaged (by people walking on it) - I changed the cable and speed went back to normal. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- slow network in hardy (b44) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238513 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs