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Disappearing Bandwidth on Home Network

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low_ohmz

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We are having some major internet issues at our house. We are supposed to be getting 75/75 internet. My dads computer speedtests at 88 Mb/s while everyone else is getting under 20 on wireless. I just got a PS4 today and ran an ethernet cable directly to the first router (there are two) and I am getting 1 Mb/s!!!! This is insane.

Where is all the bandwidth going? How come only one computer gets fasts speeds in our house?

We have a verizon router that is connected to the FIOS network which should be blazing fast. I am plugged into the verizon router directly and getting sub 1 Mb/s download speeds. My dad has his old router which is plugged into one of the LAN ports on the back of the verizon router and he is plugged in via ethernet.

I ran a DNS benchmark and it recommended that I turn off router control of DNS. Not sure how I do this. It says after each computer reboots it would find a DNS via the ISP. I have been searching for an option to do this on the verizon router but can't find anything.

Any ideas on what is going on ? I asked him to disable DHCP on his netgear router and, if anything, my speeds slowed down. This is mindboggling to me.
 
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"Recommended Actions:

Unless you have some specific reason not to, you should give serious thought to disabling your router's provisioning of DNS services (which it is providing for all computers on your local network). After this is done, a fresh reboot of your computers will likely reveal the multiple DNS nameservers provided by your ISP. This is a superior configuration, without an under-powered router acting as a incompetent middleman and impeding all DNS access." -from DNS Benchmark

any thoughts on this? how would I go about doing that?
 
Which router is acting as the router? There should only be one. The other should only be acting as a switch.
 
the verizon one should be acting as a router. how do I tell if the netgear one (netgear is plugged into back of the verizon router) is acting as a switch or not?
 
Also keep in mind that Sony's PSN servers have been getting hammered by DOS attacks the last several days. So if everything else is working okay, then that is likely the issue.

With wireless, lots of things to get in to. If you aren't near the router, or have lots of interference, lots of wireless devices active, etc. which can all slow things down. 20Mbps does sound like 11g, but then again, too many unknowns.
 
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