I have a new gaming PC (let's call it PC-A) with a TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 wireless network card. The connection will intermittently change between strong, poor and just drop all together. Regardless of the connection strength, I get very poor download speeds (0.5mpb down) with better upload speeds (2mb up). I am near the router.
I originally returned the card thinking it was bad, but the new network card (and the original stock card that came with the PC) is having the same poor experience.
So I tried swapping the card with another TP-Link card I have in a PC that sits 2 feet away from the non-working PC (call it PC-B). The connection on PC-B is strong and consistently gets 20mb down and 4mb up. It works great.
So when I put the card from PC-B in PC-A, the speed is again poor. However when I put the card from PC-A into PC-B, it works even better than the original -- ruling out that it is a network card issue.
So the card that works great in one PC doesn't work in the other PC. I have now tried 4 cards with PC-A with the same poor results.
This is a new PC with Windows 10 and all new equipment.
I've tried different drivers, etc. but am out of options to troubleshoot. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
I originally returned the card thinking it was bad, but the new network card (and the original stock card that came with the PC) is having the same poor experience.
So I tried swapping the card with another TP-Link card I have in a PC that sits 2 feet away from the non-working PC (call it PC-B). The connection on PC-B is strong and consistently gets 20mb down and 4mb up. It works great.
So when I put the card from PC-B in PC-A, the speed is again poor. However when I put the card from PC-A into PC-B, it works even better than the original -- ruling out that it is a network card issue.
So the card that works great in one PC doesn't work in the other PC. I have now tried 4 cards with PC-A with the same poor results.
This is a new PC with Windows 10 and all new equipment.
I've tried different drivers, etc. but am out of options to troubleshoot. Any suggestions?
Thanks!