I have a computer I built a LONG time ago, and did a few upgrades here and there over the years. For some reason, the internet on it has been HORRIBLE lately. Every other computer in my home works fine; I can run my phone on a speedtest right next to it, and it hits an average of 500Mbps. Meanwhile, my PC is typically running anywhere between 25-175Mbps at any given time, but about an hour ago, it was barely hitting 1Mbps! I ran two tests a half hour ago, and they both averaged 25. I just ran two now, and they both averaged about 160. Nothing changed at all - that half hour was mostly me texting someone while my computer just sat here being a POS...
When I first hooked up new internet service at my home, my internet was pretty fast. Even then, the speedtest only capped out at about 250Mbps, while the other computers were hitting the 500 on average. It seems like over the last week or two though, it may have slowed down even more. Not sure if it's one of the troubleshooting things I've tried that I found on the net, but I'm at a complete loss as to what's going on here???
I have run every single troubleshooting I could find online. I reset ip config and all other settings they recommend to type into cmd.exe for troubleshooting this type of problem (as an administrator to ensure it applied everything), I disabled all other items outside of Windows that I have boot up normally (couldn't do safe mode, as I'm not hard-wired to the internet, and don't have a cable long enough to do so right now), I have tried another wi-fi adapter (have a second one handy, same exact speeds), tried different browsers, of course restarted countless times, tried to update drivers (there were no updates), tried different USB ports, and overall, I'm at a complete loss as to what else I could do?
I feel like it might be something crapping out in my PC, which is why it seems like it has decreased more over the last couple weeks (I'm not 100% sure on that, only ran it once when the net internet was first hooked up, and that's when I got that 250 speed), but what confuses me is everything else on my computer runs fine - games, software, etc. The internet is literally the one and only thing that is being sluggish.
If anyone has any suggestions other than what I did above, I'm all ears. I'm going to try to pick up a long cable for my computer tomorrow so I can hard wire it to the net, but I don't know what else I can do other than that???
When I first hooked up new internet service at my home, my internet was pretty fast. Even then, the speedtest only capped out at about 250Mbps, while the other computers were hitting the 500 on average. It seems like over the last week or two though, it may have slowed down even more. Not sure if it's one of the troubleshooting things I've tried that I found on the net, but I'm at a complete loss as to what's going on here???
I have run every single troubleshooting I could find online. I reset ip config and all other settings they recommend to type into cmd.exe for troubleshooting this type of problem (as an administrator to ensure it applied everything), I disabled all other items outside of Windows that I have boot up normally (couldn't do safe mode, as I'm not hard-wired to the internet, and don't have a cable long enough to do so right now), I have tried another wi-fi adapter (have a second one handy, same exact speeds), tried different browsers, of course restarted countless times, tried to update drivers (there were no updates), tried different USB ports, and overall, I'm at a complete loss as to what else I could do?
I feel like it might be something crapping out in my PC, which is why it seems like it has decreased more over the last couple weeks (I'm not 100% sure on that, only ran it once when the net internet was first hooked up, and that's when I got that 250 speed), but what confuses me is everything else on my computer runs fine - games, software, etc. The internet is literally the one and only thing that is being sluggish.
If anyone has any suggestions other than what I did above, I'm all ears. I'm going to try to pick up a long cable for my computer tomorrow so I can hard wire it to the net, but I don't know what else I can do other than that???
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