Horrible Connection (Hardwired)

[cherryrowl]

So I have been having this issue with my internet for about 2-3 months now where it will just drop out for maby 5-10 seconds then come back online, I have had 3-4 techs come out look at the wiring around the house and even get us a new router and boosted our speed for free. The only place they have not really looked at is my computer (self build) and the only way I have found to keep it from disconnecting is to download big files in the background usually I will uninstall a big game in my steam library and install it again I repeat this process about 8-9 times a day. I was wondering if you Brilliant people could help me fix this issue or atleast figure out what the problem is.

 

[ss202sl]

Is somebody connecting to wireless on your router, and taking up bandwidth?

 

[cherryrowl]

Is somebody connecting to wireless on your router, and taking up bandwidth?

There are 2 other computers that are on it 1 is hardwired and the other is wireless but the owners don't do any thing that requires that much bandwidth other than the occasional netflex binge our speed is 50mbs download and 10 upload I don't think that would be the issue

 

[abailey]

Sounds like your network adapter on your PC is going to sleep or in power management mode. Have you looked at those settings? Also have you tried to reinstall or upgrade your NIC drivers?

 

[cherryrowl]

Sounds like your network adapter on your PC is going to sleep or in power management mode. Have you looked at those settings? Also have you tried to reinstall or upgrade your NIC drivers?

I think I have messed with the network adapter could you give some instruction how to do that? also what are NIC drivers?

 

[abailey]

How did you self build your PC without knowing about NIC drivers? You need to get the make and model of your NIC card and then go to the manufacturers website and download the drivers for your operating system.

 

[cherryrowl]

How did you self build your PC without knowing about NIC drivers? You need to get the make and model of your NIC card and then go to the manufacturers website and download the drivers for your operating system.

how do I figure out what my NIC card is?