topic Re: 1mbps download speed... in Broadband

1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:32:42 GMT

Having problems with my net speed.. it's been working at the best ok until around 2 hours ago. Everything started buffering and no speed. Checked speedtests and its coming back with me having a download speed of 1.7mbps.. my uploads around 4. Wifi is slightly better at 20mbps.. not quite the 40 i should be getting. Ive rebooted the router several times. Rebooted my pc. Checked the Ethernet cable and plugged it in a diff port on the router. Don't know what else to do now. Checked issues on DownDetector and over 100 others are having issues with internet too. This will impact me as I stream also. Fed up. it's been a very rocky few years with Sky and their rubbish internet. Trouble is where I live I'm limited to only 2/3 companies. >.<

Re: 1mbps download speed...

jamesn123 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:36:04 GMT

@linz851

Where approx are you located? It looks like there is a problem in North Scotland right now

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:36:48 GMT

Just south of Sheffield South Yorkshire.

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:39:24 GMT

@linz851

Your stats from your other post suggest something on an ethernet device was downloading at 44Mbps. If you run a speed test you are only going to get a max of 5Mbps

Could you make sure no one else is downloading and hogging your bandwidth and run the speedtest again

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:46:37 GMT

Really? the only thing running is my pc and my daughters ipad which is "babyYouTube". I can't for one moment think thats hogging all the bandwith as I've never had it this bad before even when all my children are online playing Roblox and I'm online streaming... something isnt adding up somewhere..

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:53:35 GMT

@linz851

Aye, i checked again. The wan mer rx bits per second show 44Mbps and the similar figure in the lan in tx bits per second show its an ethernet device doing that.

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:57:14 GMT

My pc is the only ethernet device connected and I'm not dling anything. Ive double checked apps running and nothing like Steam or Battlenet is downloading anything.

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:59:12 GMT

im guessing this is showing still something downloading? So how the hell do I know what it is.?

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:00:53 GMT

@linz851

Strange. I wonder is something on the pc doing a software update behind the scene. Only thing would be to remove temporarily the pc and run the speedtest again

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:01:39 GMT

nevermind I found it. Service Host :Network Service was hogging 46.7mbps

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:02:06 GMT

@linz851

@linz851 wrote:

im guessing this is showing still something downloading? So how the hell do I know what it is.?

Yep. Now its 47Mbps and defo ethernet

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:02:54 GMT

however as soon as I run a speed test, it fires up again and hogs everything.

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:03:39 GMT

@linz851

I marked that bit of detective work as answer . Well done Sherlock 👍

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:15:39 GMT

@linz851

I suspect that is only hogging the bandwidth for the duration of the speedtest

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:10:36 GMT

It's not. It's hogging the system constantly. I did a windows update last night and now I think thats caused this to mis-behave.

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:36:47 GMT

Ive finally stopped the Network Service thing taking all my bandwith after 6+ hours. Had to diables BITS

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:38:50 GMT

@linz851

I'd like to see the hub stats after waiting 10 seconds after the rx figures populate

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:29:36 GMT

I am currently watching a live stream etc too so I assume this is about right now?

Re: 1mbps download speed...

cookiemonsteruk — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:33:35 GMT

@linz851

Big improvement . Just 1Mbps on ethernet 👍

Re: 1mbps download speed...

linz851 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:40:57 GMT

yeah im happier atm. Just worried I've turned something off that needs to be on.