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Connected but under 1 Mb/s
Currently my computer will connect to the wireless network but the connection is very poor, with less than 1 MB/s download. I have verified it is not the internet itself or the distance from the router, by removing it to a location closer to the router and getting the same issue and also by plugging the Ethernet cable directly into the machine. While plugged in directly, the speed is ~25 MB/s or higher. The issue began several days ago after taking the machine over to a friend's house and subsequently bringing it back. It connected to his wireless with no issue, but when I brought it back home the connection was bad.
Initially I restarted the router several times, and rebooted the PC several as well, but the problem persisted. I noticed an Icon on the desktop that had not been there prior to taking over my friend's house, "Homegroup" (The computer is originally his). I deleted the Homegroup connection and restarted, but there was again no change in connectivity. I ran the Network Adapter troubleshoot a number of times, mostly receiving two messages: There is a problem with the Wireless Router or Access Point, and The Wireless Network Adapter has a cable missing or unplugged.. something to that effect. This was several days ago and I cannot remember. It's difficult to reproduce these messages, because the computer IS connecting to the internet, and in fact I'm online right now on it. But the connection is very poor and cannot sustain streaming content at all, or online games at all. In World of Warcraft, for instance, my latency has gotten as high as 16000ms before finally disconnecting me. It is simply unplayable.
My next thought was to remove the WAN adapter and install a different one, then see if that had any effect.
System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor 3.00 GHz
2.00 GB RAM
WAN:
Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter #2
Internet is Verizon FiOs
Verizon brand modem+wireless router configuration
Recently ran speedtest while on wireless connection