The internet connection is very slow
The internet connection is very slow
I am a college student and recently moved my computer home for Thanksgiving break. I use an ethernet connection and the internet speed is fast, but there are lots of delays when it comes to loading things. I have a 1 gbps internet plan at home, which wasn't working well before either. Playing YouTube videos in high definition makes them slow to load even though this used to work fine. Going to other websites also takes a long time now. I tried restarting the PC and the router, and turning off then on again my network settings without any luck. The only big change since coming back from school was reinstalling Windows 10. How can I get this fixed?
You can't really change anything but your own choices and how you handle things that happen to you.
At home - here are some quick things to do: - Turn off IPv6. - Make sure only one network card is turned on for your computer. You can use either a cable or a wireless connection, but pick one and turn the other off if you choose a wireless one. - Look at Speed & Duplex settings. Set it to Auto-negotiate. - Check NAT by running the built-in Windows troubleshooters. These tools might fix some problems. - Try a different Ethernet cable that works well for speed and doesn't cause delay. - Use Task Manager or Resource Monitor to watch how your computer performs. Try both, but only one at a time. See what happens when you notice high latency. Overall, I think there might be some network setting errors because the college network is different from your home one. It's okay if you just turn off your PC and unplug it. Take the case out and clean it inside to remove dust and debris. Check everything carefully by looking at it with your eyes and feeling it: make sure all cards, connections, RAM sticks, jumpers, and cable ties are snug and secure. Something might feel loose because bumping around moved the PC.
The only thing you really control is the cable connecting your computer to the router. Try sending a ping message all the time to that router address. If there are no lag spikes, then it's probably with your internet service provider and you'll have to deal with them directly. Make sure you turn off IPv6 on your PC because this setting can cause some weird problems. I also want to know if you had to use a proxy school and if so, please turn that off.
What you are talking about is just another definition for latency. To check if your speed has gone down, you'd try to ping that same address (8.8.8.8) and compare the old time with the new one. Since I probably don't have any data from before it's hard to tell if there was a real problem. A ping to 8.8.8.8 should still be very fast if you have network trouble, though most people see results under ten milliseconds or so when they do this. Anything below one hundred milliseconds is usually okay. This does not really sound like the internet is broken but it could be.
It looks like the network has loops or weird paths sending data from different places to the same place. Maybe ISPs need more IPv6 test computers they keep running always. Maybe their tests aren't testing enough IPv6 stuff. I don't get why, but if you tell them to turn off this feature it will fix a lot of strange problems that would never go away otherwise.