internet download speed is slow, asus p8z77

[Bryant Caceres]

Hey guys so I've recently got internet finally set up in my apartment. I'm paying for 20mbps down, and 5 up. My internet provider is twc. But for some reason my download speeds are really bad. My top download speed on steam has been 3 mbps, same with updates or downloading anything at all. I contacted them and after a speedtest it seems like the service they are sending me is fine, but somethings seems to be going on at my end of the pc. Can you guys give me a hand fixing this.

 

[ronintexas]

Are you connecting directly to the modem, and are any other peripherals utilizing the service? Is there a wireless hub built into the modem? If so, do you have security enabled? Try testing at different times of the day - during high usage periods, you won't get full speed....but 3MB out of 20MB seems really low.

I have TWC and usually I am within 10-20% of top speed.

 

[ronintexas]

Also - check your Network iControl - I removed the enhanced drivers they had for bandwidth prioritization for my mobo - because it was slowing down my connection.

 

[Bryant Caceres]

Im connected directly from my modem into my pc. its just a regular modem nothing special. where did you find your network i control drivers?

 

[ronintexas]

Look in the taskbar for anything network related (network boost, etc) - With mine enabled, I was getting 20% of the speed I should have, with it disabled, 100%.

 

[reedo_43]

http://event.asus.com/2012/mb/p8z77_series_motherboards/page4_network.htm

 

[Bryant Caceres]

http://event.asus.com/2012/mb/p8z77_series_motherboards/page4_network.htm

i have asus suite II should i just delete it?

 

[reedo_43]

http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?showtopic=195715

Don't have asus board so really can't advise. Can you just turn it off?

 

[Bryant Caceres]

nope Ive tried it still stays on. or something is still throttling it.

 

[reedo_43]

Just uninstall for now and test. You can always re-install if need be.

 

[Bryant Caceres]

Just uninstall for now and test. You can always re-install if need be.

yea just did that deleted everything, and the problem is still there.

 

[reedo_43]

Are there updated drivers for your card? I am running out of ideas...

 

[Bryant Caceres]

I'm not using a specific card its part of my mobo.

 

[reedo_43]

Do you have the latest drivers for you onboard nic from asus?

 

[Bryant Caceres]

i believe so, how do i check that? ive downloaded the latest bios, not sure if that counts

 

[reedo_43]

http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=P8Z77-V%20PRO&os=8

This is as close as I can get you. Choose OS and download lan driver. Good luck!

 

[Bryant Caceres]

yup i did that still the same.

 

[ronintexas]

The network throttling drivers for my ASUS mobo would constantly throw off speedtest.net because 99.9% of the activity I have on the internet isn't related to that application, so the network throttling put it as low priority. It was difficult to get the drivers separated from the network throttling drivers.

 

[Bryant Caceres]

So howd you get it to work?

 

[ronintexas]

I am not at home - but the network throttling software I uninstalled. (I think it was iControl or something like that). I left the drivers for the hardware. Basically, the software looks at your network usage, and customizes incoming/outgoing traffic in a priority of what you use most. So something that you rarely do like speedtest.net won't do well when compared to watching streaming videos (if that is what you do most of).

 

[Roddy189]

Internet service providers will state your internet speeds as Mbps and steam downloads in MB.
8 Mbps = 1MB
3MB x 8 = 24Mbps
Hope that clears up any confusion.