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slow internet when wired to router
Hi
I am at my wits end with this problem and am desperately hoping someone here can help. I am running windows 7 home premium 64 bit on a new AMD Quad core system (AMD Athlon II x 4 630 processors). I have 4Gb of ram with a gigabyte motherboard and nvidia ethernet controller and Ralink wireless LAN card. I have been running the system for quite a few months now with no problems and then I had to move the computer to an area where the wireless signal was going to have a tough time getting through - this is where it all starts going pear shaped!!
I ran a network cable (along skirtings, through door frames etc.) from my Netgear DG843g(V4) router to the computer and connected it up - connected it to the internet and my network no problem, except that my speed to the intenet is now in the region of 150 - 350kbps. I have an 8Mbs broadband connection and through the wireless connection (before I moved the computer) I was getting anywhere between 3500 and 4500kbps. I have been able to eliminate the following;
- dodgy network lead - if I unplug it from the back of my computer and plug it into my laptop (running XP) I can connect to the internet at between 5000 and 6000kbps.
- Router (for reasons stated above).
- Homegroup issues (am not using the homegroup functionality)
- IPv6 (have never used this - it is not enabled)
- Drivers (network controller, router, motherboard etc. etc. - have spent ages ensuring these are the most up to date versions for my hardware).
- Firewall/Antivirus - I am using Zone Alarm and AVG and have turned them both off with no change to my connectivity.
- Conflict between wired and wireless network controllers (I disabled the wireless controller)
I have tried;
- starting in safe mode with networking - no difference
- shutting down all running processes via the task manager with no difference
- tweaking each setting on the network controller (speed/duplex settings etc.) - each time checking to see if there had been any change - there was none.
- installing Malwarebytes to see if that could identify any issues - it didn't
- Running the network troubleshooter - it just comes back and says that everything is fine and it couldn't find a problem!
- Disabled Autotuning (from a tip on the web) - no effect
- Removing RDC (another web tip) - no effect.
I have reverted to enabling my wirless connection again but this isn't a long term solution for me - does anyone please have any suggestions?
Thanks,