I have a Dell Inspiron 3542 with Windows 10. I recently upgraded my plan and router to speeds of 100 MBPS. When I checked through "Speedtest" ,while connected to WiFi it only marked up to 40 or so. Then I connected it to the Ethernet, same thing.
I called the provider, the technician did the same and his computer went up to 110 MBPS!!
I've googled this and found that if I uninstall an app called "Smartbite" it would solved all my problems but it didn't. It improved just a bit but still.
I have re-installed drivers, ran Dell Assistant both online and included in computer also tried starting it up in Safe Mode with Networking but nothing.
I was told in another forum "I think the main problem with this machine is it has a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet NIC built in, so it's not going to give the speeds afforded by a 100Mbps line"
I don't think it is a hardware problem since WiFi and Ethernet are separate systems. As far as Dell says dell wireless 1705 card 802.11 b/g/n (2.4ghz) is capable of handling higher speeds.
HELP!!!
I called the provider, the technician did the same and his computer went up to 110 MBPS!!
I've googled this and found that if I uninstall an app called "Smartbite" it would solved all my problems but it didn't. It improved just a bit but still.
I have re-installed drivers, ran Dell Assistant both online and included in computer also tried starting it up in Safe Mode with Networking but nothing.
I was told in another forum "I think the main problem with this machine is it has a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet NIC built in, so it's not going to give the speeds afforded by a 100Mbps line"
I don't think it is a hardware problem since WiFi and Ethernet are separate systems. As far as Dell says dell wireless 1705 card 802.11 b/g/n (2.4ghz) is capable of handling higher speeds.
HELP!!!
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