Slow Internet Browsing Problem

[Snufffed]

It really depends on what you PING to ea is... but my connection via ATT is rated: 2.5Mbps/500kbps
my speeds via Speakeasy.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 2570 kbps (321.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 437 kbps (54.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[shun86]

Could you go to speakeasy.net and run a speedtest. Could you tell use what the results are?

Thanks

Ken

With touter (Wireless) = 3236kbps
Without Roter (LAN Connected directly from the cable modem) = 17360 kbps

BIG DIFFERENCE!!
Is it my router problem????

I am using Netgear WGR614

 

[zigzag3143]

slow browsing

With touter (Wireless) = 3236kbps
Without Roter (LAN Connected directly from the cable modem) = 17360 kbps

BIG DIFFERENCE!!
Is it my router problem????

I am using Netgear WGR614

Hi and thanks for the info. Thats a tremendous difference. I have had netgear on and off but have never seen that kind of difference. First thing I would do is to update the netgear bios from their site. Second reset the router back to the factory settings (there is usually a bottun to push or unplug for 30 secs). Also is wireless using encryption, and if so what kind?

Ken

 

[shun86]

Hi and thanks for the info. Thats a tremendous difference. I have had netgear on and off but have never seen that kind of difference. First thing I would do is to update the netgear bios from their site. Second reset the router back to the factory settings (there is usually a bottun to push or unplug for 30 secs). Also is wireless using encryption, and if so what kind?

Ken

I have done the "netsh int tcp" thing and reset to router and it seems to be better right now but I don't think the problem is fixed completely because it is still slow at time but not all the time like before. I couldn't find any bios to download or update on the netgear site. I just updated the firmware.

 

[zigzag3143]

slow browsing

I have done the "netsh int tcp" thing and reset to router and it seems to be better right now but I don't think the problem is fixed completely because it is still slow at time but not all the time like before. I couldn't find any bios to download or update on the netgear site. I just updated the firmware.

My mistake it is firmware you wanted. I say bios some many times a day I just used the wrong word. Whenever you think you are slow you can go to speedtest and re-run the results.
Hope this helps and i will keep wathching this thread in case you problem gets worse

Ken

 

[shun86]

My mistake it is firmware you wanted. I say bios some many times a day I just used the wrong word. Whenever you think you are slow you can go to speedtest and re-run the results.
Hope this helps and i will keep wathching this thread in case you problem gets worse

Ken

I really appreciate your help but it seems like it has not fixed the slow browsing problem. I might get a new router or something or just simply install Vista instead to see.

thanks for your help!!

 

[Gorguss]

My solution to the problem

I had you're exact issues after installing Win7. Every browser I tried had slow loading times when opening a site. Download speeds were unaffected. I've tried a lot of fixes but none of them worked. I finally found one that worked. The issue was caused by the Win7 drivers for my wireless network adapter Netgear WG311T.

1. Download Windows Vista drivers for your wireless adapter from the Netgear site.
2. Delete your wireless network adapter in device manager
3. Right click the driver installation and select properties. Set Vista with Service Pack 2 mode
4. Install driver

After this, my internet is back to lightning speed.

 

[willij4]

My solution

I was having the same issue. I just reinstalled my wireless adapter driver and wam bam my internet is fast again.

I originally let windows automatically install the drivers and I'm thinking they use a generic version suited to the brand, but I'm a noob so I wouldn't trust my hypothesis.

 

[tomblu]

Same problem..

hey,
I have the same problem...
I've tryed EVERYTHING!! including all of the above...
my computer recognizes the network and the internet but it takes so long to load a page that the browser gives up....
I can't even instal an AV (avg) because it won't download it...
Please HELP!

PS: I am connected thru a "ROTAL RTA 1025W" router by a LAN cable

 

[fyogi1]

Having same issue

Heya Shun,

I am too having the exact same issue. Slow web browsing regardless of which browser I was using. I just recently bought a new gaming laptop with windows 7 pre-installed. I haven't been able to fix this issue on my laptop but I did have the same issue about the end of October when I bought a netbook with windows starter on it. I swear I remember something about one of the windows updates causing the problem and I uninstalled that update and the problem cleared. But I can't really remember if that fixed it or which update it was.

So far here are the steps I have done on my laptop that haven't fixed the issue. You might try some of these if you haven’t; never know it may work for you. Also some of these showed improvement at first but browsing slowed down again.
1. Updated the firmware of my Linksys router.
2. Completely disabled all add-ons in IE8 and uninstalled a few.
3. Completely disabled IE8, currently only using FF and Chrome (still slow)
4. Compared surfing between wireless and direct LAN and they are the same (slow)
5. Disabled all antivirus and firewall software.


I know for a fact it has something to do with Windows 7 because Asus laptops now ship with Asus Express Gate. It is a mini OS installed directly to the motherboard firmware that you can fast boot to that doesn't go into the main OS at all and it has a browser. Its a great feature, I can literally be surfing the web or be on skype in under 10 seconds. When I boot into that I have no issue surfing the web, it is lighting fast.

Some of the steps I want to try next, probably after the holiday, are:
1. Updated drivers for my network cards (wireless/wired)
http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/22241-firefox-ie8-slow-show-slow-load-remainder.html

2. Register the .dll
http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/6154-ie8-slow-maybe-tweak-will-help.html

3. End every process I can in task manager, one at a time and retest (tedious)

4. Start uninstalling windows updates one at a time (very tedious also)

5. A complete recovery of Windows 7 with factory disk.


To me it seems there is some kind of throttling windows it doing. Because all browsers stall at trying to fetch new information from webpages. Pages I frequent load faster than new pages. I will post my results from my testing.

 

[brendonjarrett]

Look to upadate your modem drivers.

 

[trogne]

same problem

Hello,

I have the same problem, and I tried everything above.

It's not the router. I'm directly on modem.

Fast downloads, VERY slow browsing.
I have to stop p2p (like soulseek, DC++, ...) to get back fast browsing
Why?!?!?

Anyone found the solution?

Thank you,
Patrick

 

[trogne]

and it's not related to download/upload speed.
Only one small connection in the p2p is enough to kill browsing speed.

 

[noof]

To me it seems there is some kind of throttling windows it doing. Because all browsers stall at trying to fetch new information from webpages. Pages I frequent load faster than new pages. I will post my results from my testing.

I have the exact same problem. Firefox says "Waiting for site.com..." for 0-3 seconds (the same thing with Chrome and IE), but download speeds maxes out my 50mbit/s connection. Before I upgraded to win7 I ran XP which didn't have these problems. I'm using Win7 64, with a wired gbit connection to an onboard Realtek RTL8111B adapter with drivers from 2009-12-18. I had the same problem with a vanilla win7 installation (so no firewall or antivirus for sure).

 

[trogne]

Ok.
There was torrent uploads on my girlfriend's computer.
At start I knew it was upload causing the issue, but forget my girlfriend's torrent tool.

 

[madtownidiot]

Check out this page.

 

[russ328i]

slow browsing fix

hi guys, ihave been having troubles with this for a couple of days and another forum thread put onto the idea of resetting the browser defaults (using the internet options) from the control panel, goto the advanced tab, hit the reset button, start ie8 and and it asks you the same start up questions again and say no to the compatability functions, addins etc and then all browsers seem to work fine again

 

[charlie23bg]

I have a similiar issue: My browsers stall out when I try to load any sites with generated thumbnails; i.e. Google image search, Ebay, Picasa, .etc. On occasion it will work fine for a few minutes but 99% of the time it hangs after loading the text and only gives me empty frames. I'm an artist and this sucks in a big way.
This is a cross browser issue in Firefox 3.0, Firefox3.6 (primary browsers), Chrome and IE. 8.
I have no problem downloading torrents , playing video/audio streams or loading most websites, including images.
What I've tried so far:
Toggled firewall on/off
Toggled antivirus on/off
Reset modem
Family Filter off
Updated all drivers
Run MS ICET
Toggled IPV6, Topology Discovery, different flow control settings in network settings
Toggled auto tuning levels in TCP (current=highlyrestricted), set congestion control to ctcp, enabled ECN
Reset IE8
Various Browser settings & tweaks



I'm using a Pirelli DRG-A124G WiFi modem/router (supplied by ISP) with no apparent firewall, 2 PC's with cable connections:
PC1: AMD 64 X2 Dual 5200+, 4gb RAM, Win7 Ultimate x64
[FONT=&quot]PC2: AMD 64 3200+, 2gb RAM, Win7 Ultimate x32
Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows firewall

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[Kornmod]

Same problem here.

Download speed is fine but browsing is forever slow. I've found my connection gets stuck during upload, both when sending emails and browsing. Even trying to upload a 119kb picture for this post was impossible. There was no problems when I ran Win7 RC with the exact same hardware. There are no problems on my other computer.

Specs:
Windows 7 pro 32-bit (build 7600)
AMD Phenom II X2 550
4GB Corsair PC1600 DDRIII RAM
Microsoft Security Essential
Google Chrome
Connected to my modem via cable

What I've done:
Ran the speed test at speedtest.net several times (after each thing that I've done):
Ping: 4-5 ms
Download: 14-20 Mbps
Upload: never starts, keep saying "preparing upload test"
(on my other computer the specs are 10 ms, 15 Mbps, 2 Mbps via wireless)
Uninstalled MSE, tested connection without luck, then reinstalled MSE
Fiddled around with TCP global parameters, so that they are similar to Mojo's post
earlier in this thread. No joy.
Tried IE8. Still no joy.


Hope you can help 'cos it's really a pain in the neck.

 

[Kornmod]

Fixed the problem myself. Had forgotten that I was connected to my cable modem via a router. Out of sight out of mind, right? Once I restarted my router everything was just fine.