Wireless Internet connection

[cliftonbazaar]

I have been running the families computers on XP over our wireless network for over 2 years; my computer was hit with a virus and so I decided to re-format.

When I re-formatted I upgraded to Windows 7 (fresh install), but now my network connection is very slow. The computer still has a fresh copy of Windows 7 on it and I haven't installed (or copied) anything else onto this computer.

Our Internet connection is ADSL which is a download speed of 512kb, but every time I open a web page (including this one) it loads very slow and then, after about 15 seconds, it loads in quickly.

My next step was to check a Internet speed web site to see my speeds; every time it was the same, it started the download at 1kb, then went up to about 3kb (after a second), then about 4kb, then 5kb and kept going up slowly, after 15 seconds it got to the right speed (about 500kb). This would explain the slow starting of web pages downloading.

I have tried to turn the firewall off, turning windows upgrades off (note that these are all suggestions that I have found on the Internet). Any other suggestions?

James

[-pops-]

Are the drivers/firmware for the router/modem up to date to deal with W7?

[bludgard]

Hi,cliftonbazaar.

I would first visit your computer manufacturers' website for drivers-attention mainly on internet drivers;ethernet,wireless,etc. controllers.

If you happen upon other issues later down the road,seek out other drivers there that may be appropriate to the problem at hand.

Windows 7 is pretty self-sufficient as far as installing needed drivers,yet some specific mobo chipset drivers may be necessary for your particular machine to function at its best.

Hope this is helpful.

[MANEMAN]

Our Internet connection is ADSL which is a download speed of 512kb

That is a pretty slow download speed for broadband. - But....... It maybe all that you can get at the moment. :(

Use ** Speakeasy Speedtest ** to get an approximate idea of your line speed. If this is falling beneath what your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is quoting for the price that you are paying, - Complain, - A lot !

Test it out over a couple of weeks and keep the results to present to your ISP.

If you are way out in the outback and a long way from a telephone exchange this would explain low speeds. However if this is running on old copper wire rather than fibre optics, low or variable speeds can just be down to poor connections along the line. Shout loud enough and they may just get someone out to check out the line.

Here is a bit of information about your area:

/>http://www.internode.on.net/about/our_network/regional/adelaide_hills/

John.

[cliftonbazaar]

Thank you for all the replies, I will now try to answer them -

Are the drivers/firmware for the router/modem up to date to deal with W7?

Yes they are, in the last 24 hours I have gone through the manufacturers websites and re-affirmed that I had the latest versions.

That is a pretty slow download speed for broadband. - But....... It maybe all that you can get at the moment.

In the post you were referring to 512kb/sec; that's not the problem, the problem is that when the web page starts to download it is with speeds of 1-3kb, then it gets faster and faster - but this can add up to an extra 15 seconds to display a simple page (instead of 6 seconds to download foxsports.com.au it takes 18 seconds). This may not seem bad for one or two pages but over the period of a night this is annoying.

Note that no other computer (which run XP and Ubuntu Linux) have this problem.

My router is DGN2000 with latest firmware.

[bludgard]

cliftonbazaar,are you at all familiar with testing and/or changing your Maximum Transmission Unit(MTU) limits through the "netsh" command?

I had to use this at one point but I'll be darned if I can remember the exact protocol.I was having an issue with packet loss at one time and this worked for me.

It's just a thought.Since you have covered many bases already I felt it couldn't hurt. B)

PEACE

[-pops-]

Some years ago when I first moved over to broadband, I had awful problems with my download speed. I was using a modem supplied by my ISP (one of those that looked like a flat sea creature with winking eyes).

I changed over to Netgear equipment and never had speed problems since.

[Boris]

I was using a modem supplied by my ISP (one of those that looked like a flat sea creature with winking eyes).

Ah - the good old days :D

[bludgard]

I was using a modem supplied by my ISP (one of those that looked like a flat sea creature with winking eyes).

Ah - the good old days :D

Man,that looks cool as !

[-pops-]

Another problem with that device was that it emitted a very high pitch noise which my dog found very unpleasant.

[MANEMAN]

Note that no other computer (which run XP and Ubuntu Linux) have this problem.

Sorry to hear that the problem still exists.

Which Browser are you using ?

Are speeds different - (Better) - using a different browser ?

Have you tried a different Browser ? (Opera, Firefox, etc; etc.)

Do you use a download manager ? (Can you temporarily turn this off whilst browsing web pages ?)

John.

[MANEMAN]

Double posted and now deleted. Sorry...................

[cliftonbazaar]

cliftonbazaar,are you at all familiar with testing and/or changing your Maximum Transmission Unit(MTU) limits through the "netsh" command?

No, but I will be in a few hours :) I'll google it now.

Which Browser are you using ?

Are speeds different - (Better) - using a different browser ?

Do you use a download manager ? (Can you temporarily turn this off whilst browsing web pages ?)

I use firefox (latest) but I do have IE on this computer and have the same problem (Web page starts to load slowly and speeds up) :(

I do have download managers but they don't run unless I turn them on.