Network speed different for my computer but all my other devices in my house have faster speeds. Help?

[joshualewis2002]

I use a Netgear EX2700 that connects to my home router and I use an ethernet cable to connect to it. I do believe all my options are set to download speed 100mb/s max and all my wifi on everything apart my computer is around 30mb/s but my computer is so much slower. I'm getting always less than 3mb/s. Does anyone know what could be the problem?

 

[androbourne]

Could be related to multiple factors.

Have you tried running malware and virus scanners on your system to check for infections? Have you tried updating your drivers? Have you tried to test the physical cable? Do you have more then one NIC port? have you tried another NIC Port? How are you testing to see what speed you are getting?

 

[joshualewis2002]

Could be related to multiple factors.

Have you tried running malware and virus scanners on your system to check for infections? Have you tried updating your drivers? Have you tried to test the physical cable? Do you have more then one NIC port? have you tried another NIC Port? How are you testing to see what speed you are getting?

MalwareBytes scan: No threats.
I've tried all my drivers: Nothing.
I've tried multiple cables: No difference.
I only have one NIC port.
I'm testing my speed by downloading things through my browser, downloading games from steam and still, it's incredibly slow.

 

[androbourne]

Do you have a laptop or something you can plug to that cable and also test speeds?

It is most likely a NIC issue. You can buy a 1GB NIC for like 30$ or cheaper on ebay... just buy one. It's never a bad idea to have a spare NIC around if that ends up not being the issue. But I suspect it is.

 

[joshualewis2002]

Do you have a laptop or something you can plug to that cable and also test speeds?

It is most likely a NIC issue. You can buy a 1GB NIC for like 30$ or cheaper on ebay... just buy one. It's never a bad idea to have a spare NIC around if that ends up not being the issue. But I suspect it is.

Yes I have a laptop, what kind of software should I use for testing my speeds?
Also is there a way to check what my NIC is, so I can look up specs etc?

 

[androbourne]

You can try to look in device manager to see if it is showing up in there. But if it is bad, it may not be recognized by the system.

You can try also to look up motherboard specs of your system. It is most likely a built in NIC.

If you go with a generic intel NIC, you should be fine. Just make sure it has drivers for your OS.