I recently purchased a new laptop. The wireless internet on it is really slow. Speed tests show good results, but web pages can take ridiculously long to load and streaming anything is basically futile. Other computers on the same network don't have the same issue. This same computer, wired in to the network at my work, is fine. I updated the driver on my wireless network card yesterday and that didn't help. I'm assuming that there's a setting on my wireless card that I'm missing. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Wireless Internet Slow on One Computer Only
#1
Posted 28 May 2015 - 03:12 PM
#2
Posted 28 May 2015 - 04:22 PM
Hello destinybond,
Some questions if I may;
What is the brand and model name or number of the notebook, post a link to from where it was purchased if you can.
How far away from the wireless router are you.
Have you tried connecting to any other wireless router such as at a friends or family members home.
Have you tried connecting the notebook to the ethernet connection at home, if yes, what happened, if no, can you try it for us.
Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.
#3
Posted 28 May 2015 - 05:06 PM
Hello destinybond,
Some questions if I may;
What is the brand and model name or number of the notebook, post a link to from where it was purchased if you can.
How far away from the wireless router are you.
Have you tried connecting to any other wireless router such as at a friends or family members home.
Have you tried connecting the notebook to the ethernet connection at home, if yes, what happened, if no, can you try it for us.
Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.
The notebook is an Asus Republic of Gamers GL551JW-DS74. It was purchased from Amazon. Link: http://www.amazon.co...ailpage_o03_s00
I am approximately 25-30 feet away from the router.
I just tried connecting to my phone's mobile hotspot. Pages seemed to load faster despite a big difference in the speed test. (Home Wi-Fi clocked in at 21 Mbps, Phone was only 3 Mbps)
I did connect to the ethernet connection. Pages loaded as would be expected. Speed test clocked in at 119 Mbps.
Here is the Speccy url: http://speccy.pirifo...zCVVGunUwnHsuiz
Thanks for your help with this!
#4
Posted 29 May 2015 - 12:25 AM
Just off to work but will check back later and check out the Speccy report.
Wouldn't expect to have this problem with such a high end notebook looking at your update it may be that the cause is between the router and the notebook.
Can you try booting into Safe Mode with Networking then let us know how the wireless device works please.
#5
Posted 29 May 2015 - 02:47 AM
I booted into Safe Mode with Networking and the wireless was still slow.
#6
Posted 30 May 2015 - 02:31 AM
Thanks for the update and apologies for the delay
Speccy shows that you have Norton AV/Firewall installed and running while Windows Defender and Firewall are also running, see below, if Norton is the free version uninstall it using the Norton removal tool and use Windows Defender/Firewall which in Windows 8 and 8.1 offers the same real protection as Microsoft Security Essentials, see my canned text below, if Norton is a paid for product make a note of the product key and for testing purposes uninstall it, test the computer and post back with an update for us.
Are you aware that Windows 8 and 8.1 both have an updated version of Windows Defender that offers the same real time protection as Microsoft Security Essentials, you do not need third party AV protection and by not installing any you are reducing the possibility of potential conflicts and freeing up resources on your computer, information courtesy of admin here
The following scheduled updates should also be disabled to free up resources, it is much better for you to manually check for and install any required updates as and when it is convenient for you;
#7
Posted 30 May 2015 - 04:15 AM
Thanks for your response, and no need to apologize for the delay.
I uninstalled Norton and changed those tasks in the Scheduler. Initially, it seemed that there was an improvement, but in a few minutes, it was pretty much the same as it's been. It's been a hit or miss issue it seems as well. Sometimes, things will load as quickly as they should, but generally they take very long to load.
#8
Posted 30 May 2015 - 10:48 AM
Thanks for the update
Any improvement is better than none I suppose but lets see what else can be done.
When you say speed tests show good results are you referring to Ping tests and are they consistently good as in if you repeat the process for around 5 minutes are the results always the same.
You are using Google so have no need for IE11 so disable it in Control Panel;
#9
Posted 31 May 2015 - 12:16 PM
I made the suggested adjustments. Overall, there does seem to be slight improvement, but there are times where pages are still loading slowly.
I ran 6 speed tests over the course of 5 minutes using speedtest.net. Here are the results:
Test 1 - Ping: 12 ms, Download: 47.53 Mbps, Upload: 12.29 Mbps
Test 2 - Ping: 12 ms, Download: 45.15 Mbps, Upload: 13.25 Mbps
Test 3 - Ping: 11 ms, Download: 52.24 Mbps, Upload: 12.24 Mbps
Test 4 - Ping: 12 ms, Download: 32.39 Mbps, Upload: 12.16 Mbps
Test 5 - Ping: 13 ms, Download: 23.84 Mbps, Upload: 12.38 Mbps
Test 6 - Ping: 12 ms, Download: 38.44 Mbps, Upload: 12.37 Mbps
The ping and upload speeds stayed pretty constant, but the download speeds seem to vary quite a bit. I'm not sure if that is indicative of something or not.
#10
Posted 02 June 2015 - 11:13 AM
The ping and upload speeds stayed pretty constant, but the download speeds seem to vary quite a bit. I'm not sure if that is indicative of something or not.
Your notebooks wireless device looks ok so it may be Windows related, try a clean boot;
Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab (for Windows 8/8.1) the Startup tab has a link to open Task Manager/Startup tab. Use that.) make a note of what is currently starting then click the Disable Allbutton.
Reboot and see if it runs better.
If yes then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.
If no, start msconfig and click on the Services tab.
Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box, record what is currently starting then click the Disable All button.
See how things are after carrying out the above then post back with an update.
If yes then use msconfig to enable services until you find the culprit.
Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it from your system. Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best.
Enable everything else you disabled.
#11
Posted 02 June 2015 - 06:04 PM
I think I may have found the culprit. It appears that the NVIDIA GeForce Experience Backend was the one causing the issue. I have that disabled and it seems to be working as it should be. I also ended up disabling the ASUS WebStorage Loader and Chromium since I don't use them. I'll continue to monitor it and attempt to stream videos to see if it stays constant.
#12
Posted 02 June 2015 - 07:10 PM
I believe I spoke too soon. After a while, it went back to slow loading and constant stream interruption. I'll keep plugging away with the Services and see if something else alleviates the issue.
#13
Posted 03 June 2015 - 10:54 AM
#14
Posted 13 June 2015 - 08:37 AM
Sorry it took so long to update this. I disabled all non-Microsoft services and there was no noticeable improvement.
#15
Posted 20 August 2015 - 01:45 AM
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