Internet speed drops, win 7

[Mizzhell]

I'm now on vacation at my mum, internet connection: 10Mbit/10Mbit, for a couple of months and therefore I have my desktop computer with me. After a couple of minutes downloading at 1,1 MB/s the speed drops below 100 kB/s, and won't return to normal speed until I restart the computer and the same thing happens again. I didn't have this problem at my house, internet connection: 5Mbit/1Mbit, it occurred when I got here. I have also reinstalled windows 7, but no change.
I'm connected to a router, Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT v24-sp2, with a Siemens Gigaset usb stick 54. I have restarted, and cleared the router, but no change.
My brother's laptop running vista is fine, full download speed all the way, and on his desktop computer with win 7, full speed there also.

So my download speed drops to 10%, and upload to about 50& after some time.
Any suggestions??

 

[zigzag3143]

I'm now on vacation at my mum, internet connection: 10Mbit/10Mbit, for a couple of months and therefore I have my desktop computer with me. After a couple of minutes downloading at 1,1 MB/s the speed drops below 100 kB/s, and won't return to normal speed until I restart the computer and the same thing happens again. I didn't have this problem at my house, internet connection: 5Mbit/1Mbit, it occurred when I got here. I have also reinstalled windows 7, but no change.
I'm connected to a router, Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT v24-sp2, with a Siemens Gigaset usb stick 54. I have restarted, and cleared the router, but no change.
My brother's laptop running vista is fine, full download speed all the way, and on his desktop computer with win 7, full speed there also.

So my download speed drops to 10%, and upload to about 50& after some time.
Any suggestions??

I will bet you are running "homegroup". It has connectivity issues on some mixed systems. You can verify it is the problem by setting up a new network connection using workgroup instead. If it fixes the problem you can disable IPv6 and kill homegroup.

Let us know if you need help with this

Ken

 

[Mizzhell]

If removing the homegroup are done by control panel > homegroup > leave homegroup, and disabling IPv6 is done by unchecking the IPv6-box in properties for the nic, then it's done, and it didn't work.

when watching perfmon, it looked like this right before and when the speed had dropped:
Right before

Just when it had dropped


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[chev65]

In the past this problem has been one of three things.

Either your router settings need adjusting but it's difficult to say which settings are causing this or your A/V software or a third party networking software is causing the problem so uninstalling them and checking to see if anything changes might be worth while.

This can also be a problem with your network drivers.

 

[kucing13]

don't know if it's related but you could have a look

Download speed cut in half

 

[Mizzhell]

don't know if it's related but you could have a look

Download speed cut in half

Seems like the same problem, but I don't have the Bandwidth controller-thing

 

[Mizzhell]

In the past this problem has been one of three things.

Either your router settings need adjusting but it's difficult to say which settings are causing this or your A/V software or a third party networking software is causing the problem so uninstalling them and checking to see if anything changes might be worth while.

This can also be a problem with your network drivers.

Have uninstalled avira antivirus and the software which came with the usb stick, but no difference..
I'm using the same drivers as before, can't find others and it worked for 2 years on win 7, until I came here.

 

[chev65]

In the past this problem has been one of three things.

Either your router settings need adjusting but it's difficult to say which settings are causing this or your A/V software or a third party networking software is causing the problem so uninstalling them and checking to see if anything changes might be worth while.

This can also be a problem with your network drivers.

Have uninstalled avira antivirus and the software which came with the usb stick, but no difference..
I'm using the same drivers as before, can't find others and it worked for 2 years on win 7, until I came here.

Windows 7 hasn't been out for two years.
Have you tried using different router settings or rebooting your machine after uninstalling A/V software?

 

[Mizzhell]

In the past this problem has been one of three things.

Either your router settings need adjusting but it's difficult to say which settings are causing this or your A/V software or a third party networking software is causing the problem so uninstalling them and checking to see if anything changes might be worth while.

This can also be a problem with your network drivers.

Have uninstalled avira antivirus and the software which came with the usb stick, but no difference..
I'm using the same drivers as before, can't find others and it worked for 2 years on win 7, until I came here.

Windows 7 hasn't been out for two years.
Have you tried using different router settings or rebooting your machine after uninstalling A/V software?

Sorry, lol @ me, 1 year, since some RC.
Have RS the computer, and cleared the router, no change

 

[chev65]

Seems like it may be a router problem in this case because changing to a different router seemed to create this problem for you. I wasn't reading that very clearly, sorry bout that.

You should try to install the latest firmware for that router, it will be different firmware depending on the router hardware version. Trying different types of router security settings or a different router channel may also help.
Linksys by Cisco - WRT54GL Support

 

[Mizzhell]

Seems like it may be a router problem in this case because changing to a different router seemed to create this problem for you. I wasn't reading that very clearly, sorry bout that.

You should try to install the latest firmware for that router, it will be different firmware depending on the router hardware version. Trying different types of router security settings or a different router channel may also help.
Linksys by Cisco - WRT54GL Support

Well, I upgraded the firmware from DD-WRT v24-sp2 Build 12533 to Build 13064, and now the download speed has been stable on 1 MB/s for about 15 minutes... maybe it this was the solution, crossing my fingers, and I'm über happy. thx!
Will post back later with results of further testing

 

[chev65]

Lets hope for the best. If not we can enter the IP config info manually and go from there.

 

[Mizzhell]

Well, I would say that the problem is solved. The speed hasn't dropped since I updated the router's firmware, and I have downloaded quite a bit with full speed. JOY ;D

 

[chev65]

I'm glad to hear that Mizzhell.

I've seen many networking problems fixed this way so I'm not too surprized that upgrading the firmware worked for you.

The interesting thing is that the Windows Compatiblity list showed that no effort is required to get that router working with Windows 7. Luckily I don't believe everything I read. :sarc:

When it comes to firmware updates you should always use the latest version to avoid problems.