Very Slow Internet speed (cable)

My Internet speed is very very slow downloading pages & files, some pages will not load & some files will not finish down loading? This started 2 weeks ago, I have not added any new software etc..., I called cox cable they said that there is no problem with connection or internet settings? I have scanned with multiple virus scans, anti spyware etc..., tried system restore, reset factory settings, etc... Can any one help??????????????

1 year old Dell dimension 4600 XP home edition, Pentium 4 w/hT 3.2GHZ w/800MHZ
Memory 1 GB dual channel DDR SDRAM @400 MHZ (2x512M)
Hard drive 80GB

Cox cable modem surf board

 

Go to My Computer, left panel click My Network Places, left panel click View Network Connections, under Lan or High Speed Connections right-click on the connection and click properties, check show icon in notification area when connected. Then let me know what speed it says when it shows up in the tray in the bottom right hand corner of your screen.

 

Local Area Connection 100.0 Mbps

Thanks!

 

How many KB/s do you download at???

 

Starts @ 14.6KB/Sec then drops to 5.98, 3.56, 2.53, down to 1.75 KB/Sec

 

Do you have another computer or just the 1

 

Only 1

 

What all is your network cable hooked up to besides your computer???

 

Nothing
I have cable tv & phone thru cox?

 

Go to Start, Control Panel, System, click the tab Hardware, Device Manager, go down the list till you get to Network Adapters and click the + sign, right-click on your network card and click uninstall

Note this will require you to restart your computer.

Let me know if that fixes the problem at all.

 

No change,
After uninstalling & retsarting Intel(R) pro/100 VE Network Connection was reinstalled
Is that supposed to auto reinstall?

Still slow

 

Unplug the power from the Router or Cable Modem your Network cable is plugged into wait about 5 minutes and plug it the power back in wait another 5 minutes and let me know if it works after that.

 

You Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Allset back to normal, Thank you!!!!!!1

 

No problem.

 

hi,
I'm having the same trouble amstel2 did before. I tried unplugging the power and waiting 5 mins and im still experiencing slow internet speed. please help.

cheers

 

Download the following program.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Ad-Aware_SE_Personal_d506.html
At the end of the installation tell it to update and run a full system scan.
After scan is complete check everything it finds and click next.
Let me know if this helps your internet connection.

 

It said nothing found. I also forgot to mention that i just got my pc fixed a few days ago, i had to get a new mother board and i re formatted the pc. I've also put on windows service pack 2. Before i got the new mother board the internet was working fine. I dont think its my internet company becuase im on my laptop now connecting to my wireless router and it works fine.

 

Did you install the Motherboard software from the cd???

Also what is the Comany and Model # of your Motherboard.

 

Im pretty sure all the software is installed. The motherboard is "ASUS P4S800-MX".

 

Im surprised that NO ONE here has attempted one ovbious thing.....a different network cable!!!! Wow.

-Lower the speed/duplex mode of your card to 10/Half, just for troubleshooting, then go up a step each time (10/Full, 100/Half, etc.). I'm not sure about this model of mobo, but I know the p4p800-se has a GB NIC. Turn off the auto-sense feature garbage and go straight to 100/Full.
-Contact your ISP to ensure that the MTU value in the modem is set to what it should be. Typically this is 1500, but some cable ISPs will use 1492 or even 1400.
-Stop the service for the Windows firewall.
-Try different drivers for your on-board NIC.

 

I have tried a new cable actually lol. Aslo how do i chaneg the speed/duplex of the card?? And there is nothing wrong with my ISP because i have a laptop and the internet works fine on that and wats a 'GB NIC'?

 

I found out how to change the speed/duplex thing. Just one other thing how do i turn off the auto-sense feature garbage???

 

Its working pretty good now. I just changed the speed/duplex thing and it works now.


Thanks man!!!!!

 

You're welcome. Sorry for not giving more specific details in the post, I was kind of in a rush to finish it up and get back to work.

And WOman thanks

A GB NIC is a gigabit network card (10/100/1000). When you change the speed/duplex mode, unless you've put it on AutoSense, it will not be enabled.