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Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Special Chris - 26-11-2010
Well, I've noticed in the past week my youtube videos stop to buffer every now and then which use to not happen..ever.
So I tried downloading something it downloads at 110KB/s where it use to download at 170-180KB/s..What could be causing this?
This goes is this part of the forum, right? xD
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Mark - 26-11-2010
Quote:This goes is this part of the forum, right? xD
Yep, you got the right place.
Let's check if your ISP is piping you the right speed first. http://speedtest.net/
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Special Chris - 26-11-2010
I knew I should have posted the one I did earlier.
![[Image: 1046039531.png]](http://www.speedtest.net/result/1046039531.png)
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Mark - 26-11-2010
What speed should you be receiving from them?
Also, are you on a wired / wireless LAN connection?
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Special Chris - 26-11-2010
I'm not really sure how to answer that. For the past..Hell, 6-7 years I've been having the same download speed as 180KB/s(1.4Mbs)..And the desktop I'm using is using an Ethernet cord, but download speeds have fallen on the laptops as well.
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Mark - 26-11-2010
You're getting a download of 0.89Mb/s. Do you know what speed you're paying for and what speed you were previously receiving?
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Special Chris - 26-11-2010
Not really. See, I'm completely retarded when it comes to anything internet related. If this helps, whenever I plug my ethernet cord into my desktop is says something about connecting to 100Mbps, if that means anything.
EDIT: This is what it actually says
Local Area Connection
Speed: 100Mbps
Connecting..
Not to sure about the connecting part, but its something like that.
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Mark - 26-11-2010
A standard LAN connection, (Ethernet) is 100Mb/s. That's normal. It relates to internal, LAN speeds eg. you won't get 100Mbp/s from the internet but you're likely to achieve that locally, like i can transfer files locally to my file server at around 80Mbp/s. Wireless is a lot slower with Wireless G being a max of 54Mbp/s which you'll never achieve.
How many people are on your network?
Have you tried it with just you on the network, on your ethernet PC?
I assume you've also power cycled your router? Turned router and modem off for 2minutes, then turned the modem on, then the router, then the PC. Still the same problem?
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Special Chris - 26-11-2010
They're are four computers on my network. 1 desktop, and 3 laptops.
And by just me, do you mean having all the other laptops turned off, or do I have to disconnect them to?
And I've turned the router and modem off, then back on, but I didn't turn my PC off.
RE: Internet is slower all of a sudden.. - Mark - 26-11-2010
By you, just one machine - preferably the wired machine. Turn all of the other machines off, (3 laptops), just shut them down.
General steps,
- Turn all machines off, (including your desktop)
- Turn the router off
- Turn the modem off
- Wait 2-5 minutes
- Turn the modem on (wait for it to do it's stuff and give the green lights)
- Turn the router on (again, wait for it to do it's stuff and give the green lights)
- Turn just your desktop on.
edit: also, if you have an xbox or a console turn them off - they're networked devices. (Or just don't have them on the network for this test)