internet connection speed

[adorablevb]

Hi, I just want to ask some troubleshooting tips on slow internet speeds.

 

First off, I am comparing 2 computers.

• AMD dual core / Emaxx mobo
• A10 / AsRock mobo

Now.. I noticed this slow speeds about 5 days ago. My dropbox folder wasn't sycning. I mean, it is, but like 1.2 kb/s. (wtf?)

I thought it was dropbox's fault, uninstalled it, reinstalled, located my remaining files, and its still indexing until now. Shit. And then I knew, something was off.

I did speedtest. And its awfully down to 0.50 mb/s which should be 3.5 mb/s ..

And the most annoying part is that, the other pc (dual core) is getting 3 mb/s. (What the hell router? Got a problem with me?)

 

From a person in tomshardware, they said reinstall the lan driver. I removed it, and installed a new one. I thought the problem was fixed because it was back to normal again, (last night) but here it comes. Intenet speed is ditching me again. I was wondering what causes this?

 

Router > Long cat5e > A10 (I thought this setup would give me more because I am directly connected to the router)

Router > Switch > Long cat5e > Dual core (but this guy is faster)

 

So I did the dual core setup, router > Switch > Nothing changed.

 

Please tell me ways on how I can find the source of the problem. Let me know if you need more details.

As of now, here are the stats

• Dual core = 2.29 mb/s while streaming a movie in youtube @ 240p + 5 active torrents (which does not download alot, but its still consuming right)
• A10 = 1.57 mb/s while using just google chrome. shit.

 

[hawaiims]

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A shitty router is usually the issue. I've seen similar crap happen with countless routers. I can recommend some cheap routers if you want that don't have any problems (I've probably bought 7 different routers in the last 5 years due to the amount of shitty ones haha)

 

Oh and of course sometimes it's fixed by the usual unplug router and plug back

 

And welcome to the forum! make sure you install the LinusTechTips chrome extension if you want to quickly know when someone replies to your post and be up to date with the latest linus vids and when the wan show starts and all that.

[adorablevb]

A shitty router is usually the issue. I've seen similar crap happen with countless routers. I can recommend some cheap routers if you want that don't have any problems (I've probably bought 7 different routers in the last 5 years due to the amount of shitty ones haha)

 

Oh and of course sometimes it's fixed by the usual unplug router and plug back

 

And welcome to the forum! make sure you install the LinusTechTips chrome extension if you want to quickly know when someone replies to your post and be up to date with the latest linus vids and when the wan show starts and all that.

 

 

 

Thanks for the tip. Anyway, if its the router, why would the dual core one have the advantage and I do not? usually, I restart it if its really slow, on all of us. but its only. Why?

[hawaiims]

Thanks for the tip. Anyway, if its the router, why would the dual core one have the advantage and I do not? usually, I restart it if its really slow, on all of us. but its only. Why?

again, just shitty routers.

 

I've seen the usual linksys WDR whatever the hell it's called that tons of people have drop down to a halt on all but one computer to absymal speeds. I assume it's because it cannot handle a heavy network load or something. 

 

Often the wireless card is the issue but since you said you were just running cat 5e cables I really doubt that the cables are the issue. That leaves the likely culprit as the router.

 

However just to make sure have you tried speedtest on your 2 computers at different times of the day etc..? Who knows some times of the day your ISP can have a slower connection.