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ask other places that have pictures and 1gigabyte wired internet lines
i've had a lot of trouble lately with streaming, attaching files to things, and random websites acting up. even though my internet speed is 800-940 Mbps on hardwired lines, some things just don't work well. for example, when i go to amazon>orders, the page takes fifteen seconds to load. same thing happens with email attachments. it's like there are random slow connections everywhere because of this. that's why i disconnected my new Verizon cr1000a router and replaced it with an old dlink ac2600. now i'm connected via verizon fios > dlink ac2600 > hardwired two lenovo w7pro desktops, but the problem is still there. it feels like someone messed up my desktop setup when i moved to the new router. maybe that's why the speeds aren't as fast as before. even though Ookla and Fast.com show me 850-950 Mbps, i'm still having those issues with images and sites in general. for instance, this post copied right away, but websites with pictures lag a lot more than when it was on the old setup. my network friend suggested running some commands to fix things: type "ipconfig /flushdns" then press enter. type "ipconfig /registerdns" then press enter. type "ipconfig /release" then press enter. type "ipconfig /renew" then press enter. type "netsh winsock reset" and press enter. then restart the computer. that helped a little but not much at all. i still have the same problems. any help please? thx
I didn't know Verizon had a new box their old one has always been reported as being very good. So the first thing I found was this thread on the official Verizon forums talking about a similar problem. https://forums.verizon.com/t5/fios-inter...d-p/919934 No actual solution but seems if you can get the old router back it is better. What I would have suggested was to check that already. Most of the time if you use the Verizon router you connect via coax cable using their moca stuff. When you have your own router you connect via ethernet port. This should eliminate any router related issues. Did they change the ONT when they did this? I would think it would be required since it now appears they are supporting faster than 1gbit connections. That would mean the ONT would have to have a different ethernet port. Maybe there is some issue with the ONT....or more likely they are using some different network encoding to get that fast speed. Not sure Verizon doesn't use GPON like most other ISP from what I know but I haven't looked at details in many years. Now the other thing that is suggested in that thread that I also would suspect when you see issues on some but not all applications is to disable IPv6. I would start with disabling it in the nic settings on the computer but you should be able to find a way to turn it off in your router also if that is the problem. This though may not work, I suspect Verizon has some issue. Some times they give you a better price to "upgrade" when they want to stop supporting an older system and get everyone on the same network equipment. If they have changed the way they send the data on the fiber they may not want to support 2 different data encoding methods long term......but the new one you would hope would work.
I'll give them a call just to check if I can get that old router back and fix it all up like it was before. No, they didn't actually switch out the circuit breaker or fuse box either. I'm pretty new to these kinds of repairs so I might not know what you're talking about there.
It probably isn't the router because you already tried a different one and got no change. You could also plug your PC straight into the ONT, but I think it would be the same problem. This likely means Verizon changed how they send signals to your home. IPv6 might or might not fix things, but that's something you can try right now while waiting on Verizon. Just check the network properties screen for your NIC and uncheck the box next to IPv6.
here is a little extra info that just popped up. sometimes, when I try to load files in Gmail, it takes too long or throws an error. but downloading the attachments works fine for me. actually, Yahoo mail is totally okay. when I had trouble getting some files to download from Gmail, I moved them to Yahoo and they downloaded without a hitch. so now I've been testing both services on different things... YAHOO IS PERFECT. GMAIL IS A PROBLEM.
It took me a long time to stop using ipv6. My bad, but I was thinking "if verizon can't figure this out then what?" so i finally turned it off,,,,,,and it worked!! everything is back to normal now. what happened when i turned off ipv6???? what was it doing when it was one that caused all the problems? thanks guys
It seems like a quick fix for many people these days, but it's hard to explain why it works so well. There are actually two different kinds of internet: one uses IPv6 (like 10+ bit numbers) and the other uses IPv4 (standard 32-bit numbers). Most routers look the same on paper, but sometimes the data goes through a different router or takes a longer path. That makes things go faster or slower.
It's not sure why so many people have had problems lately. Maybe some big internet companies changed their systems recently? Or maybe IPv6 connectivity was always bad and now more ISPs are letting customers use it instead of just the standard IPv4. Since back in the day, everyone said IPv6 is the future, but I don't think we really need it anymore. It came out when people thought they were running out of old IP numbers, but they have found ways to share them and most companies now use big shared computer rooms instead of their own small ones.
Even though there are still not enough IPv4 addresses available, most people don't even care or need those old types of numbers if their apps work fine for them.
How the internet works is really complicated. If you want it easy, imagine using Google Maps to find your way instead of Bing. Sometimes one map gives you a better route than the other. But if a road closes, each system picks its own best detour. The paths for IPv4 and IPv6 aren't that simple either. No single ISP or device controls everything; everyone talks back and forth on their own.