Trouble with internet

[patriots10]

I've built my PC about four months ago and when i have it plugged in through an Ethernet cable it only gets one to five mbps download speed but when i use my brothers laptop(wireless) and test the internet speed with the same website I am getting 10-15mbps download speed. We are paying for 12mbps and how come my wired speed is much slower than the wireless speed?
Any help would be appreciated

 

[daswilhelm]

could be many reasons, like a bad nic, cat5 wire, router, software running, o/s issues.

what kind of pc is having this issue?

 

[patriots10]

I'm using a cat5e cable and im running windows 7, its my desktop having the issue.

 

[daswilhelm]

what kind of router are you using?

 

[patriots10]

What do you mean? The brand, model, or type of router?

 

[daswilhelm]

the brand and model is fine. and is it yours, or did your ISP provide it?

 

[patriots10]

Brand is Actiontec model: C1000A and my ISP provided it for me

 

[daswilhelm]

call your ISP and have them troubleshoot it. they might be a firmware update available if they havent pushed it out yet.

 

[patriots10]

Is there anything i can do to my computer that can solve this? I've had a router before that has done the same thing with the same computer, fast wireless and slow wired

 

[daswilhelm]

if thats the case there's something wrong with your pc. what happens if you connect your laptop with a wire, what are you speeds then?

 

[patriots10]

Okay, well i tested the ethernet with the laptop and the speed is 14mbps, so the problem is my computer

 

[daswilhelm]

you can try and download the latest version of the network card driver, see if that helps.

if that doesn't work you can try this.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

if neither of those things work, let me know.