New OS. Connected to Router. But slow internet speeds...

[Beanio]

Hi! This issue has been extremely frustrating and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, so I decided to make a specific post.

This Christmas I got a new SSD and HDD to replace my aging HDD's that were 300gb> in total storage, and these drives work perfectly and the operating that I installed on the SSD is also functioning perfectly. However once I managed to connect to the internet I thought that my download speeds were subpar at best when compared to my previous speeds, so I ran some checks.

Through ookla speedtest I got rated with a 4.02mb/s download, which is roughly 1/2 or 1/3 of what I remember having with my last set up, which was about 9.5-12mb/s. I then proceeded to test my father's laptop- (also connected on the same network) for an ookla speed test which gave a download speed of 2.0mb/s whilst my mother's net-book-(again, also on the same network) had a download speed of 3.8mb/s. However I would like to note that these are over the wireless range of our router, whilst I am connected through an Ethernet cable.

What I suspect it may be is that when I connected to my router, I wasn't asked for the secure password to connect, so perhaps I am connected to the insecure network that my router provides, which I am told has a inferior bandwidth and download speeds. The strange thing is that in my Network and Sharing center Win7 can only find this network that I have connected to, and not my router, which I remember in my last setup it was connected to my router as I remember seeing the name of my router.

Many thanks, and happy holidays!

 

[hang-the-9]

You will not be asked for a password when connecting with an ethernet cable.

You can simply connect the laptops you were testing to the router with a cable as well and try those to see what the download speeds are. It looks like the downloads are just fine as they are about the same on all systems. Could be just an issue with the ISP if things were running faster. Try rebooting the modem and router.

Did you install all the drivers for the computer after you installed Windows again? If not, go to the motherboard vendor support site and install the drivers.

 

[Beanio]

You will not be asked for a password when connecting with an ethernet cable.

You can simply connect the laptops you were testing to the router with a cable as well and try those to see what the download speeds are. It looks like the downloads are just fine as they are about the same on all systems. Could be just an issue with the ISP if things were running faster. Try rebooting the modem and router.

Did you install all the drivers for the computer after you installed Windows again? If not, go to the motherboard vendor support site and install the drivers.

I have previously been asked for a password when connecting to my router w/ an ethernet cable in the past before I was allowed to connect, whilst this time it has done so instantly, with completley new (no pre-existing) drives. Are you sure that is normal?
Many reboots have happened.
I think that I have installed all of teh relevant drivers; I have used the Realtek LAN Driver V7.52.203.2012 for Windows Win7 32bit & Win7 64bit---(WHQL). from this page http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/HelpDesk_Download/ .

Also an update; although my download speed is apparantly<3mb/s, I am downloading a game currently which is at 84kb/s...

Thanks for the response.

 

[hang-the-9]

You will not be asked for a password when connecting with an ethernet cable.

You can simply connect the laptops you were testing to the router with a cable as well and try those to see what the download speeds are. It looks like the downloads are just fine as they are about the same on all systems. Could be just an issue with the ISP if things were running faster. Try rebooting the modem and router.

Did you install all the drivers for the computer after you installed Windows again? If not, go to the motherboard vendor support site and install the drivers.

I have previously been asked for a password when connecting to my router w/ an ethernet cable in the past before I was allowed to connect, whilst this time it has done so instantly, with completley new (no pre-existing) drives. Are you sure that is normal?
Many reboots have happened.
I think that I have installed all of teh relevant drivers; I have used the Realtek LAN Driver V7.52.203.2012 for Windows Win7 32bit & Win7 64bit---(WHQL). from this page http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/HelpDesk_Download/ .

Also an update; although my download speed is apparantly<3mb/s, I am downloading a game currently which is at 84kb/s...

Thanks for the response.

You need to run a speed test on the same cable with the other systems and see what you get. I've never seen a ethernet connection ask for a password to connect it. Maybe a web landing page like hotels use that make you logon to the service, but just connecting a cable, no password needed. The speed of download you get from different sites does not matter, download speed is not just the speed from your computer to the ISP routers or to any single site, it's limied by the slowest link which could be a slow server or connection on the other side, maybe even a hard limit to keep the download available and performing steadily for everyone, lots of internet traffic in your area or where the server is, etc..

You have 3 computers there to test. Reboot the computers and test them one at a time with a speed test using the same connection. I'd run it 3 times each with a reboot each time, that will give you a better idea of what the speed is as a single time could run into several variables.

 

[Beanio]

You will not be asked for a password when connecting with an ethernet cable.

You can simply connect the laptops you were testing to the router with a cable as well and try those to see what the download speeds are. It looks like the downloads are just fine as they are about the same on all systems. Could be just an issue with the ISP if things were running faster. Try rebooting the modem and router.

Did you install all the drivers for the computer after you installed Windows again? If not, go to the motherboard vendor support site and install the drivers.

I have previously been asked for a password when connecting to my router w/ an ethernet cable in the past before I was allowed to connect, whilst this time it has done so instantly, with completley new (no pre-existing) drives. Are you sure that is normal?
Many reboots have happened.
I think that I have installed all of teh relevant drivers; I have used the Realtek LAN Driver V7.52.203.2012 for Windows Win7 32bit & Win7 64bit---(WHQL). from this page http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/HelpDesk_Download/ .

Also an update; although my download speed is apparantly<3mb/s, I am downloading a game currently which is at 84kb/s...

Thanks for the response.

You need to run a speed test on the same cable with the other systems and see what you get. I've never seen a ethernet connection ask for a password to connect it. Maybe a web landing page like hotels use that make you logon to the service, but just connecting a cable, no password needed. The speed of download you get from different sites does not matter, download speed is not just the speed from your computer to the ISP routers or to any single site, it's limied by the slowest link which could be a slow server or connection on the other side, maybe even a hard limit to keep the download available and performing steadily for everyone, lots of internet traffic in your area or where the server is, etc..

You have 3 computers there to test. Reboot the computers and test them one at a time with a speed test using the same connection. I'd run it 3 times each with a reboot each time, that will give you a better idea of what the speed is as a single time could run into several variables.

Yeah I actually did all of that but forgot to post it. Thanks for that btw. It turns out that BT was just having shitty connection with us due to the christmas rush time. Thanks for the help, though.