Internet is being capped?

[Fictionvl]

Hello everyone, 

 

so recently I've wanted to download Halo Infinate, and I've noticed that Steam is only going 11MB/s as to it used to go up to 35MB/s before

 

it made me wonder and I checked my speedtest and this is what i got 

 

now for one, I don't pay for these speeds, my speeds should be around 500Down and 250up

 

i checked as to which router im connected to it seems to be not the router i was supposed to be connected to. here's a quick overview of my internet layout

 

 

I'm in the room, I have my internet cable connected from the bottom floor all the way to me via switches from the original modem/router

 

I used to get my normal speeds but not anymore, I look at windows network settings and it seems that I'm connected to the router in my room which doesn't support 1 gig, I'm confused

because I don't have a cable running out of the router to my pc I have the cable from the switch to my PC which technicaly should mean that I'm connected to the router in G Floor?

 

if anyone could help me out with rerouting thigns and figuring them out?

 

I use a D-Link DIR-853 main router in the G Floor, which is capable of 1 gig

I use a NetGear R7000 in the living room. as a repeater

and a NetGear R6120 in my room for various wifi usages. 

 

[AndreiArgeanu]

You should check the configuration of the router in your room, perhaps try unplugging and see if that fixes the issue and/or try connecting the router to a different port on the switch.

[Fictionvl]

27 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

You should check the configuration of the router in your room, perhaps try unplugging and see if that fixes the issue and/or try connecting the router to a different port on the switch.

I did that, and nothing, it stayed connected under the same name router in my room which is very weird, I tried to do an IP/DNS flush and renew but that didn't work

[Fictionvl]

45 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

You should check the configuration of the router in your room, perhaps try unplugging and see if that fixes the issue and/or try connecting the router to a different port on the switch.

it was a stupid batch cable that my dad changed out for another one that limited the speeds.

 

its all good now thankfully

 

 

 

[Gork]

probably. comcast is "fantastic"

 

And. Woe--where are you were you get real actual internet 200 megs up? the best I get some dingleberry dicked kilobytes up. Guess that's what a back water area does.

[NelizMastr]

Yup, typical symptom of a bad cable that only supports 100Mb. Good to see replacement cable fixed it

 

51 minutes ago, Gork said:

probably. comcast is "fantastic"

 

And. Woe--where are you were you get real actual internet 200 megs up? the best I get some dingleberry dicked kilobytes up. Guess that's what a back water area does.

Or an ISP that doesn't do fiber but dumbass DOCSIS/cable which has very limited bandwidth for upload due to congestion (like FM radio and cable TV and stuff) lol.

[Gork]

2 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Yup, typical symptom of a bad cable that only supports 100Mb. Good to see replacement cable fixed it

 

Or an ISP that doesn't do fiber but dumbass DOCSIS/cable which has very limited bandwidth for upload due to congestion (like FM radio and cable TV and stuff) lol.

Well i'm in the US. it's a monopliesed by the comcast and friends. Up to 3 weeks ago I wasn't even able to order tmobile internet. So  300 megs up is a lot better than ever get.

[Bad5ector]

I've actually had onboard GB NICs fail (Realtek both times) and only connect at 100mb. No matter the cable or switch / router used. I was able to verify cables were fine by plugging in a USB gb/e NIC and sure enough they connected at the desired speed. 

 

You could always try that if you have a USB NIC, to save you from messing with routers, switches and cables if you don't have to