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I am here cause I am getting 480MBs down and I am paying for 1Gb
Windows 11 is limiting my internet speeds
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When I go into my network connections tab under my control panel I can see that the speed of the connection varies but usually stays between 150Mb/s to 180Mb/s however when it comes to browsing or downloading things I'm only getting between 3-5Mb/s.
I have already gone through and uninstalled then reinstalled brand new drivers as well as this being a brand new PC.
Metered connections is off
I also know its not anything to do with my network as when testing the speed on other devices it usually stays between 150Mb/s to 180Mb/s as well.
I have tried everything that I can find however nothing has worked thus far and I am just very confused why my computer just doesn't seem to want to use its available internet.
For specs I'm running a gigabyte B450M D3SH WIFI motherboard, Ryzen 5 2600, RTX 2070 super, 16 gigs of ram, 500 GB SSD, 2TB HDD. Running the most current version of windows 11
This was my dream gaming pc and so to have this slow of wifi makes it somewhat useless
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Anonymous
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2024-03-27T18:32:04+00:00 Have you tried this, I have stumbled upon this recently and has made a night and day difference in my wired connection speed.
I bought a new network card because I suspected that at fault but it was something inside Windows 11 holding it off.
In Group Policy Editor ( Run > gpedit.msc ) navigate to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Policy-based QoS
Right click Policy-based QoS and then select Advanced QoS Settings.
On the Inbound TCP Traffic tab - ensure "specify the inbound TCP throughput level" is ticked and level 3 (maximum throughput is selected).
It seems by default in Windows 11 this is not ticked and behaves unexpectedly.
I tested my connection using Speedtest.net.
This fixed my problem where the download speed would steadily incease but never reach the speed at my router and other devices.
The upload was capped at around 190Mbps using Google Chrome. Microsoft Edge however had no problem reaching the full bandwidth from my ISP.
The ping on Speedtest.net never fluctuated as you would expect when downloading or uploading at higher speeds before I applied this.
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Anonymous
2023-08-04T20:55:36+00:00 I had a similar issue with an Alienware computer and it ended up being the Killer Network Software which is some sort of network optimizer. When I killed that service my speeds went back to normal. I am not sure if this will help either, as I see this thread has been through some stuff.
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Anonymous
2023-06-29T01:44:22+00:00 Check your internet speed using https://www.speedtest.net/ , it might just be that your wifi plan has slow upload speeds, and if that's the case, you should upgrade it. If it's not your plan, then try connecting to the internet with an ethernet cable, some ethernet cables have max limits, so I would suggest finding one that will give you the best results with your specific speeds.
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Anonymous
2023-06-17T15:57:29+00:00 Just tried your suggestion. Fiber optic internet service up to 1 gig, but at computer (across about 80 feet of house) varying between 50 and 100 Mbs. Didn't restart PC. Tested with trwo speed test apps. Speed doubled. Thanks.