My boyfriend recently built me an awesome new computer for gaming/study at college. It's got some pretty nice stuff inside and, when I first got it, was an amazing experience after using only a laptop for the past 3 years. This new computer did everything at least 3x as fast.
Just for fun, when I got the thing installed at my house for the first time, I ran a speed test. I was surprised to find that the download speed reached 20 Mbps and the download hovered between 2-4 Mbps, because usually the bandwidth was taken up by other devices like my parents' laptops and our iPods and iPads. I was very happy to have such a nice connection and even setup a new Minecraft server for a few friends and I to play on.
One day, we started to notice lag on the server, so I shut it down to try to uncover the problem. Then, I noticed my internet speed had just dropped in general. I did another speed test and found that my download speed now sat at or even below 1 Mbps and my upload speed was just below that at about 0.8 Mbps. I found this strange because, as far as I know, I didn't change anything on my computer at all. I didn't move it and nothing about the wireless router or modem has changed.
My wireless adapter is a Rosewill RNX-N180PCe and our router is a Netgear WPN824N.
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Any help would be appreciated!
Just for fun, when I got the thing installed at my house for the first time, I ran a speed test. I was surprised to find that the download speed reached 20 Mbps and the download hovered between 2-4 Mbps, because usually the bandwidth was taken up by other devices like my parents' laptops and our iPods and iPads. I was very happy to have such a nice connection and even setup a new Minecraft server for a few friends and I to play on.
One day, we started to notice lag on the server, so I shut it down to try to uncover the problem. Then, I noticed my internet speed had just dropped in general. I did another speed test and found that my download speed now sat at or even below 1 Mbps and my upload speed was just below that at about 0.8 Mbps. I found this strange because, as far as I know, I didn't change anything on my computer at all. I didn't move it and nothing about the wireless router or modem has changed.
My wireless adapter is a Rosewill RNX-N180PCe and our router is a Netgear WPN824N.
Ask if you want any information on other things.
Any help would be appreciated!