connection drops when downloading

EpselonZero · February 5, 2020

Hi,
I have a weird problem.
First of all, I bought a rj45 cat7e cable for my pc. However, I had no connection, then I decided to buy a cat6 cable.
Now everytime I reboot my pc I have to wait 10 minutes before to get the connection and when I download something or I try a speed test I lose the connection and I have to wait another 5-10 minutes to get it back.

I tried both cable on my laptop and everything is fine. So the problem is my desktop.

I tried to reinstall the network driver and I still have the same issue.
I'm wondering what can cause that kind of issue and how can I fix it.

beersykins · February 5, 2020

Sounds like hardware, you could validate by booting into a Linux LiveCD to rule out software.

EpselonZero · February 6, 2020

Alright, otherwise can I fix that?

Donut417 · February 6, 2020

23 hours ago, EpselonZero said:

Alright, otherwise can I fix that?

Hard to say at this point. If it works in Linux then is an Driver/OS issue. If it doesnt work in Linux then your NIC is bad and you need a new one.

EpselonZero · February 7, 2020

It's pretty weird because If I don't download at full speed, the connection doesn't drop. I can play some games while I'm on discord. I can watch youtube and netflix and the connection doesn't drop. However as soon as I do a speed test, the connection drops.
Futhermore, it take 10 minutes after each reboot to get connected.