TroublesomeJohn Posted January 5, 2016 CID Share Posted January 5, 2016 hi mates! i was just wondering if someone could assist me with my problem. Our connection is capped at 32/1 megabits per sec. When using my iphone, the results are somewhat near but if i'm using the pc that is connected through a cable to the router, the results are tremendously low!!! Like 5mbps or less. I tried using the tcp optimizer but nothing happens. I'm running win7 as of the moment. Firewalls are set on by default (windows firewall i think). Maleware bytes are turned of during the test. Dropbox also turned off. Torrents also halted. Please help. Thanks and have a good day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted January 5, 2016 CID Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hi TroublesomeJohn, The first thing that tosses a flag for me is the sequence of wording --windows:torrents So many times we get 'things that we did not expect to when grabbing a torrent, I'm sure you are more experienced to already be aware of this, just voicing the first thing that comes to mind. If there is something hiding in there, it could be using the machine as a webserver, botnet, or even an email open relay. Of course low disk space, an older HDD and or low system memory could all have an adverse effect on throughput. First thing I would do is run through and clean up everything, organize all wanted / required applications and documents, and chuck the rest. F-Secure has a great online scanner, and from my experience has a tremendous record for sniffing out baddies on the machine. edit: I should also mention good cables and connection many times are some of the less obvious, yet most simple 'troublesome' areas. Also make sure there is not any QOS settings in the router config that could be limiting the port, mac, or IP range. CA3LE and hewenthatway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 6, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Hi sir! thank you for the response. I removed unnecessary files and freed some 80gb of space. I'm running the f-secure online scan now. Will update you folks asap. Also, the qos isn't enabled as of the moment. Thanks! \m/ Edited January 6, 2016 by TroublesomeJohn Additional info on my update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 6, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hello again! after the scan results are still less than 5Mbps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted January 6, 2016 CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 I would check your adapter settings make sure it's set to full duplex not half duplex also check your ethernet cable by swapping out for a spare if you have one CA3LE and mudmanc4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 6, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 Wow! Following your advice sir TriRan, my ave now is 7 instead of less than 5. I changed the speed and duplex from auto negotiation to 1.0 Gbps Full Duplex. I just have to run around the house looking for a spare cable. Thanks! ^,...,^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted January 6, 2016 CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 You could also run a trace route to testmy.net , this could show if the slow spot is before or during the route. As if there is still something hanging around on the hard drive chewing up the available bandwidth. After a closer look, it would give the appearance you are tethered in some way, to the android phone from your desktop, no? Your results show very few tests not originating from the phone, however some are much higher than others, which could be those from the phone itself, and the lower results from the desktop. edit: Unless of course the system is following your selection of extra identifier instead of what is actually being tested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 6, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 Results for the traceroute: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mudmanc4 Posted January 6, 2016 CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 tracert eu.testmy.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TroublesomeJohn Posted January 6, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hi again! For some strange reason, i read something about "nvoawrappercache.exe"... one site said it was prolly a threat so i went to msconfig > disabled dropbox update, utorrent, dropbox, acrotray - adobe acrobat distiller helper application, adobe updater startup utility, and nvidia backend... my speed now reaches double digits... @_@ CA3LE and hewenthatway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted January 6, 2016 CID Share Posted January 6, 2016 Awesome! CA3LE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 9, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 9, 2016 i just noticed, if the speed and duplex is set to 1.0 Gbps Full Duplex and i connect it to the black box (where the router is connected) it isn't recognizing that there's an ethernet cable... so i put it back to auto negotiation for the mean time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted January 9, 2016 CID Share Posted January 9, 2016 1 hour ago, TroublesomeJohn said: i just noticed, if the speed and duplex is set to 1.0 Gbps Full Duplex and i connect it to the black box (where the router is connected) it isn't recognizing that there's an ethernet cable... so i put it back to auto negotiation for the mean time... This is due to both sides being required to be set the same to recognize one another. That is why there is an auto setting, which waits for the 'interrupt' instead of demanding. If it is a black box of a modem, you'll not be able to authenticate to change those settings. Basic network topology would help, care to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 11, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2016 so, connection no.1 = black box > router a > cable connection cat6 to desktop connection no.2 = black box > cable connected to the wall ( i'm not quite sure if cat 5 / 6 ) > cable from wall to router b in the tests here i'm using the desktop that is connected to router a ( other users also connects here ), the iphone is connected to router b. multiple users on router a only an android tab, samsung mobile, iphone, and chromecast connected on router b tests done on desktop was made with router a and no other users were at home i tried both router a & b on iphone same results *i'm using d-link dir-850L on router a and asus rt_ac66u on router b ( for some strange reason, i'm having higher latency on the asus router that is why i'm connecting to the d-link one ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 19, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 19, 2016 i reformatted my desktop. installed steam / dota2, ms office, chrome, enabled windows firewall and defender... i'll check my speed now... (fingers crossed) :-s mudmanc4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroublesomeJohn Posted January 27, 2016 Author CID Share Posted January 27, 2016 something is definitely wrong... after reformatting... still the same or lower results... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted January 27, 2016 CID Share Posted January 27, 2016 4 hours ago, TroublesomeJohn said: something is definitely wrong... after reformatting... still the same or lower results... Are any of the results within your database here at testmy.net, results just after the HDD format, before installing steam and other applications? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebat Derhaka Posted February 29, 2016 CID Share Posted February 29, 2016 On 1/19/2016 at 4:04 PM, TroublesomeJohn said: i reformatted my desktop. installed steam / dota2, ms office, chrome, enabled windows firewall and defender... i'll check my speed now... (fingers crossed) :-s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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