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Ripalodeon
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Okay so I have 2 PC's in this room, both are connected through ethernet. I have switched out cables and ports many times and PC1 is always at a download speed of 150 while PC2 is at 700ish download speed. PC1 is using a Asrock B450 Pro4 motherboard (gigabit ethernet) and PC2 is using MSI b350 Tomahawk (also gigabit). I have no idea why PC1 is running so much slower? Please help!

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Sounds like it maybe software related. There 2 ways you can check, 1) restart in safe mode with networking (assuming you have windows :)) and try testing the speed with no background stuff and see if it's still the same if it's still the same, 2) try to run a live usb distro of a Linux OS (don't have to install just run off the USB, may need to change UEFI BIOS setting to allow custom OS to be run off USB) and then test it from there using terminal (aka command prompt of Linux) using the following one line command: "curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python - "(credit goes to https://kerneltalks.com/tips-tricks/how-to-test-internet-speed-in-linux-terminal/#oneliner). Hope it helps.

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1 hour ago, DFusion said:

Sounds like it maybe software related. There 2 ways you can check, 1) restart in safe mode with networking (assuming you have windows :)) and try testing the speed with no background stuff and see if it's still the same if it's still the same, 2) try to run a live usb distro of a Linux OS (don't have to install just run off the USB, may need to change UEFI BIOS setting to allow custom OS to be run off USB) and then test it from there using terminal (aka command prompt of Linux) using the following one line command: "curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python - "(credit goes to https://kerneltalks.com/tips-tricks/how-to-test-internet-speed-in-linux-terminal/#oneliner). Hope it helps.

So I tried booting into safe mode but I don't think internet is allowed on safe mode so I wasn't able to do a speed test. If it's really necessary I'll do the Linux thing, however, I REALLY don't want to. (i'm lazy)

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1 hour ago, Ehmc130 said:

Are you using CAT 5e ethernet cables or better on both? Are you plugging these into the same source, your ISP's Router, or a switch in another room? Are you running the latest drivers for both NIC's?

Pretty sure both are CAT 5.They're both connected to a switch in the other room. I'm running the latest drivers on PC1 (which is getting slower speeds) and idk about PC2, but I probably am.

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6 minutes ago, F54 said:

So I tried booting into safe mode but I don't think internet is allowed on safe mode so I wasn't able to do a speed test. If it's really necessary I'll do the Linux thing, however, I REALLY don't want to. (i'm lazy)

You need to make sure you're booting into safe mode with networking or it won't work. It's a solid idea just in case something in the background is running causing the issue. What are you using to test your speed? Are both PC's using your ISP's DNS? If either of them are setup with static IP's just set them to auto temporarily and let your DHCP host assign them their IP address. 

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4 minutes ago, Ehmc130 said:

You need to make sure you're booting into safe mode with networking or it won't work. It's a solid idea just in case something in the background is running causing the issue. What are you using to test your speed? Are both PC's using your ISP's DNS? If either of them are setup with static IP's just set them to auto temporarily and let your DHCP host assign them their IP address. 

So I use speedtest.net to test both PC's. None of them are on a Static IP and they have their own IP Address. I did the safe boot w/ networking and I got the same speed as before. (PC1: 160ish mbps, PC2: 700ish mbps)

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