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So i've reinstalled my windown and this solved the problem.

Thanks to everyone that tried to help

Until then and have a nice weekend

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Hey there

I'm currently having some issues regarding my bandwith: my PC doesn't nearly use the full bandwidth it gets. What im trying to say is that while speedtest.net shows me more or less my full bandwidth (200Mbit/s is our plan and speedtest shows 140 to 200Mbit/s), software like Steam, Battlenet and Torrents in general only download with about 6MB/s. The thing is that the +-6MB/s would be about the speed we had with our old plan (40Mbit/s) which doesnt make any sense in my eyes.

I've checked if those programs have a download-limit however that is not the case and all of them are set to use the full bandwidth. Ive tried downloading on to both my HDD and my SSD but that doesnt seem to have any impact whatsoever.

Does anyone have any idea why this is could be the case?

If you need any more informations ill happely provide them

Cheers and thanks to anyone that tries to help

 

Some specs and stuff:

  • internet plan: 200Mbit/s
  • connected via powerline
  • networkcard is gigabit capable
  • download on speedtest.net: 140 to 200Mbit/s
  • download on Steam: 51Mbit/s
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43 minutes ago, Ukaros said:

Hey there

I'm currently having some issues regarding my bandwith: my PC doesn't nearly use the full bandwith it gets. What im trying to say is that while speedtest.net shows me more or less my full bandwith (200Mbit/s is our plan and speedtest shows 140 to 200Mbit/s), software like Steam, Battlenet and Torrents in general only download with about 6MB/s. The thing is that the +-6MB/s would be about the speed we had with our old plan (40Mbit/s) which doesnt make any sense in my eyes.

I've checked if those programs have a download-limit however that is not the case and all of them are set to use the full bandwith. Ive tried downloading on to both my HDD and my SSD but that doesnt seem to have any impact whatsoever.

Does anyone have any idea why this is could be the case?

If you need any more informations ill happely provide them

Cheers and thanks to anyone that tries to help

 

Some specs and stuff:

  • internet plan: 200Mbit/s
  • connected via powerline
  • networkcard is gigabit capable
  • download on speedtest.net: 140 to 200Mbit/s
  • download on Steam: 51Mbit/s

I've definitely had Steam saturate my 180Mbit/s connection, so I doubt that's the issue.

 

I do think that the powerline adapters are to blame. In my experience, I couldn't get more than ~8MB/s over them (even with gigabit adapters) writing to my server from my media center. Even in best-case-test-scenarios, I could never get them to live up to their 500Mbit/s ratings. If you can try without them, just for comparison's sake? I suspect the powerline adapters might also only be 10/100 (i.e. not gigabit).

 

I don't know much on how Speedtest works, but there might be some aspect of Powerline that's masking the speed decrease in that case.

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Laptop (Narrative): Lenovo Flex 5 81X20005US | Ryzen 5 4500U | 16GB DDR4 3200MT/s (soldered) | Vega II 384SP Graphics | SKHynix P31 1TB NVMe SSD | Intel AX200 Wifi | Asus 2.5G USB NIC | Asus ProArt PA278QV | Keychron K4 Brown (white backlight)

 

Proxmox Server (Veda): Ryzen 7 3800XT | ASRock Rack X470D4U | Corsair H80i v2 | 128GB Micron DDR4 ECC 3200MT/s | 2× Samsung PM963a 960GB SSD / 4× WD 10TB / 4× Seagate 14TB Exos / 4× Micron MX500 2TB / 8× WD 12TB (custom external SAS enclosure) | Seasonic Prime Fanless 500W | Intel X550-T2 10G NIC | LSI 9300-8i HBA | Adaptec 82885T SAS Expander | Fractal Design Node 804 Case

 

Proxmox Server (La Vie en Rose): GMKtec Mini PC | Ryzen 7 5700U | 32GB Lexar DDR4 (SODIMM) | Vega II 512SP Graphics | Lexar 1TB 610 Pro SSD | 2× Realtek 8125 2.5G NICs


Media Center/Video Capture (Jesta Cannon): Ryzen 5 1600X | ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 | Noctua NH-L12S | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s | EVGA GTX750Ti SC | UMIS NVMe SSD 256GB / TEAMGROUP MS30 1TB | Corsair CX450M | Viewcast Osprey 260e Video Capture | TrendNet (AQC107) 10G NIC | LG WH14NS40 BD-ROM | Silverstone Sugo SG-11 Case | Sony XR65A80K

 

Workbench (Doven Wolf): Lenovo m715q | Ryzen Pro 3 2200GE | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s (SODIMM) | Vega 8 Graphics | SKHynix (OEM) 256GB NVMe SSD | uni 2.5G USB NIC | HDMI add-in module

 

Network:

Spoiler 
                       ┌─────────────── Office/Rack ───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Google Fiber Webpass ── Cloud Gateway Max ══╦═ Pro XG 8 ══╦═ Flex 2.5-8 ══╦═ Doven Wolf
                      La Vie en Rose (DNS) ═╬═ Narrative  ╠═ Veda-NAS     ╠═ La Vie en Rose (vmbr)
                                Veda (DNS) ─┘             ╠═ Veda (vmbr)  ├─ Ptolemy (vmbr)
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩═ Ptolemy-NAS  ├─ Veda (Mgmt)
║   ┌ Closet ┐      ┌───────── Bedroom ─────────┐                         └─ Veda (IPMI)
╚═══ Flex XG ══╦╤═══ Flex XG ══╤╦═ Byarlant
       (PoE)   ║│              │╠═ Narrative 
Kitchen Jack ══╣└─ Dual PoE ┐  │╚═ Jesta Cannon*
   (Testing)   ║┌─ Injector ┘  └── Work Laptop
     Bedroom ══╝│        ┌─────── Media Center ────────────────────────────┐
     Jack #2    └──────── Switch 8 ────────────┬─ nanoHD Access Point (PoE)
Notes:                                         ├─ Sony PlayStation 4 
─── is Gigabit / ═══ is Multi-Gigabit          ├─ Pioneer VSX-S520
* = cable passed from Bedroom to Media Center  └─ Sony XR65A80K (Google TV)
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16 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

I've definitely had Steam saturate my 180Mbit/s connection, so I doubt that's the issue.

 

I do think that the powerline adapters are to blame. In my experience, I couldn't get more than ~8MB/s over them (even with gigabit adapters) writing to my server from my media center. Even in best-case-test-scenarios, I could never get them to live up to their 500Mbit/s ratings. If you can try without them, just for comparison's sake? I suspect the powerline adapters might also only be 10/100 (i.e. not gigabit).

 

I don't know much on how Speedtest works, but there might be some aspect of Powerline that's masking the speed decrease in that case.

 Yea i know that Steam is capable of way more (friend near me downloads with 20MB/s). Sadly i cant really test it without the powerline (else id need to move my whole pc with screen to my router). However while writing this I tested the powerline with my laptop and the download peaked at 16MB/s so it is in fact not a limitation of the powerline

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14 minutes ago, Ukaros said:

 Yea i know that Steam is capable of way more (friend near me downloads with 20MB/s). Sadly i cant really test it without the powerline (else id need to move my whole pc with screen to my router). However while writing this I tested the powerline with my laptop and the download peaked at 16MB/s so it is in fact not a limitation of the powerline

What motherboard do you have? Do you know the model of NIC (network controller)?

 

Go to "Device Manager", find your ethernet controller, right click, "Properties", and then go to the "Advanced" tab. See if there's a "Speed & Duplex" property, and try setting it to "1.0 Gbps full duplex".

Main System (Byarlant): Ryzen 9 5950X | Asus B550-Creator ProArt | EK 240mm Basic AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MT/s CL16 | XFX Speedster SWFT 210 RX 6600 | Samsung 990 PRO 2TB / Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB | Corsair RM750X | StarTech 4× USB 3.0 Card | Realtek RTL8127 10G NIC | Hyte Y60 Case | Dell U3415W Monitor | Keychron K12 Blue (RGB backlight)

 

Laptop (Narrative): Lenovo Flex 5 81X20005US | Ryzen 5 4500U | 16GB DDR4 3200MT/s (soldered) | Vega II 384SP Graphics | SKHynix P31 1TB NVMe SSD | Intel AX200 Wifi | Asus 2.5G USB NIC | Asus ProArt PA278QV | Keychron K4 Brown (white backlight)

 

Proxmox Server (Veda): Ryzen 7 3800XT | ASRock Rack X470D4U | Corsair H80i v2 | 128GB Micron DDR4 ECC 3200MT/s | 2× Samsung PM963a 960GB SSD / 4× WD 10TB / 4× Seagate 14TB Exos / 4× Micron MX500 2TB / 8× WD 12TB (custom external SAS enclosure) | Seasonic Prime Fanless 500W | Intel X550-T2 10G NIC | LSI 9300-8i HBA | Adaptec 82885T SAS Expander | Fractal Design Node 804 Case

 

Proxmox Server (La Vie en Rose): GMKtec Mini PC | Ryzen 7 5700U | 32GB Lexar DDR4 (SODIMM) | Vega II 512SP Graphics | Lexar 1TB 610 Pro SSD | 2× Realtek 8125 2.5G NICs


Media Center/Video Capture (Jesta Cannon): Ryzen 5 1600X | ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 | Noctua NH-L12S | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s | EVGA GTX750Ti SC | UMIS NVMe SSD 256GB / TEAMGROUP MS30 1TB | Corsair CX450M | Viewcast Osprey 260e Video Capture | TrendNet (AQC107) 10G NIC | LG WH14NS40 BD-ROM | Silverstone Sugo SG-11 Case | Sony XR65A80K

 

Workbench (Doven Wolf): Lenovo m715q | Ryzen Pro 3 2200GE | 16GB Crucial DDR4 3200MT/s (SODIMM) | Vega 8 Graphics | SKHynix (OEM) 256GB NVMe SSD | uni 2.5G USB NIC | HDMI add-in module

 

Network:

Spoiler 
                       ┌─────────────── Office/Rack ───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Google Fiber Webpass ── Cloud Gateway Max ══╦═ Pro XG 8 ══╦═ Flex 2.5-8 ══╦═ Doven Wolf
                      La Vie en Rose (DNS) ═╬═ Narrative  ╠═ Veda-NAS     ╠═ La Vie en Rose (vmbr)
                                Veda (DNS) ─┘             ╠═ Veda (vmbr)  ├─ Ptolemy (vmbr)
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩═ Ptolemy-NAS  ├─ Veda (Mgmt)
║   ┌ Closet ┐      ┌───────── Bedroom ─────────┐                         └─ Veda (IPMI)
╚═══ Flex XG ══╦╤═══ Flex XG ══╤╦═ Byarlant
       (PoE)   ║│              │╠═ Narrative 
Kitchen Jack ══╣└─ Dual PoE ┐  │╚═ Jesta Cannon*
   (Testing)   ║┌─ Injector ┘  └── Work Laptop
     Bedroom ══╝│        ┌─────── Media Center ────────────────────────────┐
     Jack #2    └──────── Switch 8 ────────────┬─ nanoHD Access Point (PoE)
Notes:                                         ├─ Sony PlayStation 4 
─── is Gigabit / ═══ is Multi-Gigabit          ├─ Pioneer VSX-S520
* = cable passed from Bedroom to Media Center  └─ Sony XR65A80K (Google TV)
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10 hours ago, AbydosOne said:

What motherboard do you have? Do you know the model of NIC (network controller)?

 

Go to "Device Manager", find your ethernet controller, right click, "Properties", and then go to the "Advanced" tab. See if there's a "Speed & Duplex" property, and try setting it to "1.0 Gbps full duplex".

Sadly i dont know the motherboard model. (its a +- 7 year old alienware aurora r4... yea rip me)

Devicemanager says: Realtek PCIe GBE Famili Controller.... if that helps you.

Ive already set it to 1Gbps full duplex a few minutes ago. One restart later and it didnt change anything

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On 2/14/2019 at 10:24 PM, AbydosOne said:

What motherboard do you have? Do you know the model of NIC (network controller)?

 

Go to "Device Manager", find your ethernet controller, right click, "Properties", and then go to the "Advanced" tab. See if there's a "Speed & Duplex" property, and try setting it to "1.0 Gbps full duplex".

So here I am again after some more testing.
Well let me just tell you it got ever weirder... I've setup a VM on my PC (the one having problems) with a bridged network adapter and downloader something from steam. And the download peaked at 19MB/s. So at this point I'm pretty sure that its some problem with my windows installation but I don't know how to fix it. If somehow possible I wanna fix this without having to reinstall windows

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