Why is ethernet slow?

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error 4042019-09-29 13:58:41

linux

error 404, 2019-09-29 13:58:41

eth0 is slower than wlan0, it's not the cable.
ifconfig:

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.254  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.254
        inet6 fe80::81:4bff:feca:6fed  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 02:81:4b:ca:6f:ed  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 796  bytes 71376 (71.3 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 2361  bytes 2996135 (2.9 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device interrupt 40

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 95  bytes 7100 (7.1 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 95  bytes 7100 (7.1 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.2  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::76a8:92fd:de04:6ea  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 12:81:4b:ca:6f:ed  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 437  bytes 61832 (61.8 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 2  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 26  bytes 3446 (3.4 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

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Vitaly Karasik, 2019-09-29
@vitaly_il1

1) Look at the output of "ifconfig" - error statistics
2) ethtool eth0 - may be running at the wrong speed

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Roman Mirilaczvili, 2019-09-29
@2ord

Try checking with Nethogs.
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3196138/whos-...
https://www.binarytides.com/linux-commands-monitor...