[SOLVED] Internet (both ethernet and wireless) being slow and unstable

[End3rdog]

So recently, I moved rooms and the internet has been slow and extremely unstable, it drops out a lot and consistently goes from 40 Mbps to 1.

It was fine for my brother when he was in this room, he was still getting 100 Mbps (ik, Australian wifi is slow) but when I moved to that room, its getting max of 40 and being extremely slow.
I use a wifi extender, model is TPLINK AC750

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Were you using wifi in your original location/room?

What network adapter was your brother using when he was in that room? Did he use an extender?

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt and post the results.

 

[End3rdog]

Ryzen 5 5600X
ASUS Strix X570-I wifi
RX 6800 XT Z trio
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8 (16GB) 3600Mhz ram
860 evo 1tb
970 evo plus 500gb
mx500 1tb
SF750
NZXT Kraken X63
Windows 10 Version 21H2

In my original room, I used both wireless and ethernet and got 85 - 90 Mbps (normal for my plan)
My brother in this room got about the same from wireless (he didn't have ethernet)
He had this X570-I before I bought it off him which comes with wifi


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-CHPM1T4
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Unknown adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-ProtonVPN Windows Adapter V9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-E8-A5-91-C9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A4-B1-C1-36-64-4D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A6-B1-C1-36-64-4C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 3C-7C-3F-1C-66-7A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.12(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 11 September 2022 10:19:40 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 12 September 2022 10:19:39 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter WiFi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A4-B1-C1-36-64-4C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9930:ea56:d07:cee3%18(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 11 September 2022 10:18:34 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 12 September 2022 10:18:33 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 312783297
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2A-2C-5F-62-3C-7C-3F-1C-66-7A
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A4-B1-C1-36-64-50
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[bill001g]

When you say you are running it "wired" does that mean you run a ethernet all the way to the main router. If you hook it to the extender that is not a wired connection it is not much difference than using a USB connected wifi nic.

Where is the extender located. If it is in the same remote room as the PC it is going to get the same poor signal from the main router and then make it even worse when it repeats it. Proper placement is where it can get very strong signal from the main router but still send a signal to the remote room. Generally 1/2 between but it is very hard to determine when you have wall/floors absorbing the signals.

Maybe try a direct connection to the main router via wifi. A somewhat weaker signal from the main router is still going to be faster than a strong signal from the repeater. A repeater will cut the bandwidth in 1/2 at least.

Also make sure you are using different ssid for the 2.4g and 5g band. It would not be uncommon to only get 40mbps if you were using 2.4. In addition you have to be careful when you have a repeater it might be using the 2.4g to talk to the main router even if you connect to the repeater on the 5g radio.

 

[End3rdog]

Maybe try a direct connection to the main router via wifi.

I've moved the router as close as possible and tried ethernet through that and its gone to 85 now
I'll see if I can get ethernet directly to the router (like through the house ) or the wifi extender moved a bit closer

 

[Ralston18]

Just to note but probably overtaken by events:

It also appears (via "ipconfig /all") that the PC has two network adapters enabled. One wired and one wireless.

Wired = Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection

Wireless = Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz

Only one network adapter should be enabled.