Greetings folks! Very glad I stumbled across this website. I'm having issues with my new desktop computer that I bought from IBUYPOWER. The issue is slow/intermittent internet. Seems like a lot of 8.1 people are having internet problems.
Computer specs are as follows:
-AMD 6300 Six Core Processor
-8GB Ram
-64bit operating system, x64 based processor
Router:
SSID: CenturyLink****
Protocol: 802.11n
Security type: WPA2-Personal
IPv4 address: 192.168.0.17
IPv4 DNS Servers: 192.168.0.1
205.171.2.25
Manufacturer: Ralink Technology, Corp.
Description: 802.11bgn 1T1R Wireless Adapter
Driver version: 5.1.2.0
From Speedtest.net I consistently get this number (usually worse)
-PING : 39
-MBPS Download: 2.43 (consistently this low highest ever was 3, been down to .08 even)
-MBPS upload: .60
On my girlfriends old not very nice laptop she is getting 11mbps no problem. Same speeds plugged in or wifi. My phone gets great speeds as well. My older laptop also got much better internet speeds and it was at least four years old.
Spoke to internet provider, they said everything is fine.
-Ran CCleaner, Malware bytes, Norton. Nothing comes up and I have literally had this computer 2 weeks.
-Set all power saving features to performance mode.
-Uninstall/Reinstall Wifi Driver.
-turn off bluetooth things.
-disable roaming sensitivity on wireless driver manager
-set to entertainment/gaming on wireless driver manager.
-router is up to date
-router placed closer to computer (don't think its router considering girlfriends computer has great internet.)
I'm really lost on what to do from here. I'm not incredibly tech savvy and the above steps were from me researching and trying solutions that worked for other people. If there is any further info that I can provide to you that may help please let me know.
Thank you,
Adam
Computer specs are as follows:
-AMD 6300 Six Core Processor
-8GB Ram
-64bit operating system, x64 based processor
Router:
SSID: CenturyLink****
Protocol: 802.11n
Security type: WPA2-Personal
IPv4 address: 192.168.0.17
IPv4 DNS Servers: 192.168.0.1
205.171.2.25
Manufacturer: Ralink Technology, Corp.
Description: 802.11bgn 1T1R Wireless Adapter
Driver version: 5.1.2.0
From Speedtest.net I consistently get this number (usually worse)
-PING : 39
-MBPS Download: 2.43 (consistently this low highest ever was 3, been down to .08 even)
-MBPS upload: .60
On my girlfriends old not very nice laptop she is getting 11mbps no problem. Same speeds plugged in or wifi. My phone gets great speeds as well. My older laptop also got much better internet speeds and it was at least four years old.
Spoke to internet provider, they said everything is fine.
-Ran CCleaner, Malware bytes, Norton. Nothing comes up and I have literally had this computer 2 weeks.
-Set all power saving features to performance mode.
-Uninstall/Reinstall Wifi Driver.
-turn off bluetooth things.
-disable roaming sensitivity on wireless driver manager
-set to entertainment/gaming on wireless driver manager.
-router is up to date
-router placed closer to computer (don't think its router considering girlfriends computer has great internet.)
I'm really lost on what to do from here. I'm not incredibly tech savvy and the above steps were from me researching and trying solutions that worked for other people. If there is any further info that I can provide to you that may help please let me know.
Thank you,
Adam
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1