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Desktop WIFI Internet Issue - Connected, but Slow/Dropped Internet
I've been battling this particular issue for a couple of weeks now without much success. I have a custom built desktop where my WIFI connection will deteriorate to the point where internet (and gaming over Steam, etc...) will be either painfully slow or unable to load pages at all. Windows claims throughout that I am connected to my WIFI network with internet access and good signal, even when I cannot reach any internet pages.
This problem has happened at 2 different locations (on different WIFI networks), and with 3 different WIFI adapters (TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 PCI, TRENDnet TEW-684UB USB, Edimax EW-7811Un). At both locations, I have another laptop and a phone that can connect to the WIFI network just fine. I even got a couple of the adapters to work fine on the laptop without the issue.
I've found that disabling NetBIOS seems to temporarily improve matters (I'd read elsewhere that that can cause issues), but it has not resolved the problem. Also: I'm getting DNS errors in the Windows 7 event logs:
"Name resolution for the name XXXX timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded."
ipconfig results are posted below. Images of Xirrus (1) and its connection test (3) are attached. Any help is very much appreciated!
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Doug>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WUQUIST
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection TP:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TP-LINK 450Mbps Wireless N Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E8-DE-27-0B-A3-AA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2601:2:4d00:7e6:fc9c:9536:e057:13ba(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2601:2:4d00:7e6:648c:601:b85c:b29(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::fc9c:9536:e057:13ba%30(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:31:13 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 04, 2014 12:31:13 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::920d:cbff:fe9e:4871%30
10.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 518577703
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-0C-53-33-74-D4-35-82-58-31
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:feed::2
2001:558:feed::1
75.75.76.76
75.75.75.75
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-V
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 74-D4-35-82-58-31
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes