Windows 8 Slow Internet

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Chosen Juan

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I just did a fresh install of Windows 8, and everything seems okay, but after using the internet for a while it becomes slow. I have tested my speed and I regularly get 20Mbps down/5Mbps up, but after using Chrome for a while, it drops down to around 3-5Mbps down/25Mbps up (as if they switched around). This is using Speedtest.net. It stays at that speed. If I restart my computer sometimes it goes back to normal and sometimes it doesn't.

I thought it was my router at first, but even going direct to the modem, the speeds were still the same. The thing is, once I used a different ethernet port on my motherboard, the speeds went back to normal. I found this weird because when I first installed Windows 8, the initial ethernet port I tried gave extremely slow internet speeds, and I switched to my second ethernet port which gave normal speeds. Now, that second ethernet port is giving me these problems, and the first one seems to be okay for now.

Any ideas? I'm starting to regret the move to Windows 8, but I can't do anything about that now except to solve this problem.
 
I have see similar activity with other OS options. The problem for me at the time was actually the internet security program I was using (kaspersky). Now that was a few years ago and I don't use them any longer. But almost every computer I used their software on had speedtest and other download / upload sites messed up on what speed I had at the time (20 down and 2 up). Once I would turn off the Internet Security program my internet speeds would go back to normal.
 
This is silly, but have you updated the ethernet controller drivers?
 
I'll let you know that a changeover to Win 8 resulted in no slowdown (possibly even a bit of a pickup) in speed for my machine.

just fyi
 
I updated the controller drivers straight from Realtek, because it wasn't letting me install from the motherboard's CD.
 
This isn't an issue with windows 8 itself. It sounds like either a bad driver, or a defective port.

We will need more information:
What motherboard do you have?
What speed is your internet Down/Up?
Connected to Port 1, everything works fine?
Connected to Port 2, you are getting 25Mbps/5Mbps, then it switches to 3-5Mbps/25Mbps?
Try a different speed test, and post your results. You can try this one. http://speedtest.charter.com/, please post links to the tests so we can check them out.


Unless you have crazy upload speeds then I think we have another issue. Aside from speed tests are the downloads dropping that slow? Test more then one site.
 
My specs are listed below. The thing is, I have had no issues with Windows 7 at all. But this just started occurring every since I installed Windows 8 a week ago. I noticed slow internet right away, then when I switched ethernet ports on my motherboard, the speed was normal (25 down/5 up). The problem is that the internet slows down to a crawl after the computer has been on for a few hours.
 
Without more information, I will not be able to help you. There is no way you are getting 25Mbps up on a connection you normally get 3Mps.

You can't just blame it on windows 8, and move on, there is clearly something else going on.
 
Disable IGMP from your router if you can, then try it out. Others with W8 have had problems with it.
 
I'll give that a shot, but this problem also occurs when my computer is direct to the modem.
 
I was just using the internet and streaming and everything was fine. But after about an hour or two, my download speed dropped significantly and my ping jumped to 400+ after checking speedtest.net

After a restart, here are my numbers:

Speedtest.net: 16 down/16 up
Speakeasy.net: 20 down/ 12 up
Charter (linked above): 20 down/10 up

The speeds seem fine after a restart, but after another hour or two it seems to drop again. I'm not blaming it entirely on Windows 8, but I have not encountered this problem previous to installing Windows 8. I updated the drivers straight from Realtek's website, and I don't know what else to check.
 
I've told you what information you need to give, without it this will be my last post in this thread. I will relist it.

We will need more information:
What motherboard do you have? ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
What speed is your internet Down/Up? (This is not a speed test, but the speed you pay for from your ISP)
Connected to Port 1, everything works fine?
Connected to Port 2, you are getting 25Mbps/5Mbps, then it switches to 3-5Mbps/25Mbps?
Try a different speed test, and post your results. You can try this one. http://speedtest.charter.com/, please post links to the tests so we can check them out.

And I will add the following:
Is your copy of windows legal? cdkey and media?
Do you have more then one computer in the house? If so when the internet is slow on your desktop does it effect the other computers?
Are you torrenting? If so what speed cap did you set to your upload?
 
It really sounds to me like the drivers are not playing nice with Windows 8.
(driver issues with a new OS release is nothing new, lol)

I would suggest trying a PCI or PCI-e LAN card, remove the integrated drivers, and disable the integrated LAN in BIOS. Make sure the LAN card is not a Realtek... even more preferably one that Windows 8 will recognize on it's own. See if the issue continues.
 
QQ~ said:
I've told you what information you need to give, without it this will be my last post in this thread. I will relist it.

We will need more information:
What motherboard do you have? ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
What speed is your internet Down/Up? (This is not a speed test, but the speed you pay for from your ISP)
Connected to Port 1, everything works fine?
Connected to Port 2, you are getting 25Mbps/5Mbps, then it switches to 3-5Mbps/25Mbps?
Try a different speed test, and post your results. You can try this one. http://speedtest.charter.com/, please post links to the tests so we can check them out.

And I will add the following:
Is your copy of windows legal? cdkey and media?
Do you have more then one computer in the house? If so when the internet is slow on your desktop does it effect the other computers?
Are you torrenting? If so what speed cap did you set to your upload?
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The speed I'm signed up for with my ISP is 25 down/5 up. Initially, Port 1 was extremely slow (around 1 down/.5 up). I then switched to Port 2 and the speeds were fine, but I keep getting the problems as I have described above.

Here are the results of the speedtest: http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/1948916843.png

Yes, the copy of Windows 8 is legal. I do have more than one computer in the house. I haven't tried their speeds at all, but I do know that this problem persists with this computer even when it is directly connected to the modem. I am also not torrenting.
 
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Hey guys, well the problem is still on going, and something I can't explain just happened. The internet on my desktop started running slow again, after running fine for a bit. Using speedtest.net, I was getting around 500 ping, with 1 down/.5 up. I tried testing speedtest as well on my phone which is connected to the same wireless router, and I was getting similar speeds with similar ping. I didn't change anything and after a few minutes, the slow speed stayed, as well as the 500+ ping, both on my desktop and on my phone. I restarted my desktop, and next thing I know it's back down to 30 ping, with normal speeds. I tested on my phone and it too got around 30 ping, with normal speeds comparable to my desktop. At this point I have no idea where to go. My coaxial cable is direct from the wall now, I took out the splitter.
 
Ok, now we are getting somewhere.

This sounds like a virus. When your computer uploads it can kill your internet, even uploading something around 35KB/s kills my internet for any other use. I'd run some virus scans and see what comes up, if you haven't put much work into the OS settings it might just be easier and faster to reinstall windows.
 
QQ~ said:
Ok, now we are getting somewhere.

This sounds like a virus. When your computer uploads it can kill your internet, even uploading something around 35KB/s kills my internet for any other use. I'd run some virus scans and see what comes up, if you haven't put much work into the OS settings it might just be easier and faster to reinstall windows.
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I just did a full scan of both drives (SSD and Mechanical) with Avast. I guess reinstalling is my last option eh?
 
Chosen Juan said:
Hey guys, well the problem is still on going, and something I can't explain just happened. The internet on my desktop started running slow again, after running fine for a bit. Using speedtest.net, I was getting around 500 ping, with 1 down/.5 up. I tried testing speedtest as well on my phone which is connected to the same wireless router, and I was getting similar speeds with similar ping. I didn't change anything and after a few minutes, the slow speed stayed, as well as the 500+ ping, both on my desktop and on my phone. I restarted my desktop, and next thing I know it's back down to 30 ping, with normal speeds. I tested on my phone and it too got around 30 ping, with normal speeds comparable to my desktop. At this point I have no idea where to go. My coaxial cable is direct from the wall now, I took out the splitter.
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Once the problem starting occuring have you tried power cycling the modem before you restart? Just curious if the speeds change at all after that.
 
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