BIOS A11 Update Slows Internet

[emcdawg123]

Hello! On Saturday the 26th I updated my BIOS from A07 to A11 on my Dell XPS 8700. The next day, I tried playing League of Legends and CS:GO and noticed extremely high pings (300-500 on LoL, 700-900 on CS:GO), whereas I usually receive 75 ping in LoL and 25 in CS:GO. I know this is only a problem on my computer as opposed to a problem with my internet connection because the other devices in my house (iPhones, iMac, and MacBook Air) had perfectly fine internet. I tested the download/upload speeds of my XPS 8700 on speedof.me and I couldn't even hit 1 mbps of DL speed and around 1 mbps of UL speed, while my MacBook Air was getting around 150 mbps of DL speed. Thanks for you help!

 

[emcdawg123]

Hey guys, I actually found the solution by myself, so I thought I would post it for any of you to find helpful

I had to update my Network drivers. That's seriously it. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager > double click Network adapters > double click whatever your wireless internet is; for me it's Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz) > click the Driver tab > click Update Driver > click "Search automatically for updated driver software and that should be it. I'm not sure if this will work for you, but this worked for me.