Wireless on Laptop significantly slower than iPad and iPhone

[Zero Darkness]

Hi, I'm having a curious problem with the internet connection on my laptop (Lenovo Y410p on Windows 8.1). I recently moved to a college dorm and have been using the wifi here. My laptop gets abysmal speed (0.5 Mbps or less download, 0.5- 1 Mbps upload) on SpeedTest.net whereas both my iPad 2 and iPhone 5 get around 4.5 Mbps+ download and upload. The ping for all devices is around 100-200 (I know, not great but at least constant on all devices) and they are all tested on the same server. I have done everything I can think of to remedy this problem on my laptop (virus and malware scans, checking firewall, clearing cache/cookies, resetting wireless adapter, upgrading wireless driver, restarting computer, setting both my iPad and iPhone to airplane mode in case their connections were interfering, etc) but nothing has worked. I can't even watch a 240p YouTube video on my laptop for more than 10 seconds without it stopping to buffer, whereas my Apple devices are able to stream 720p (or 480p in high traffic times) without stopping once.

My laptop is only a few months old and is very snappy in every other way, and I never had a problem on my home connection, just here. I originally thought maybe the internet here was bad since it was crowded, but it makes no sense that my Apple devices work fine. Also, both my iPhone and laptop support 5GHz wifi if that makes any difference. Does anyone have any suggestions? It's making it nearly impossible to do any work on my laptop (a lot of my school resources and assignments are online), as well as making it impossible to enjoy any free time on the internet. Again, I don't think my laptop is faulty, it worked perfectly fine on my old network. Also, I forgot to add that I did a Glasnost test (just to see if my ISP was possibly throttling me) and it turned up negative. Any ideas/suggestions? I'm getting tired of dealing with this, and there are no ethernet ports in my room either.

 

[viewtyjoe]

Have you tried testings from different areas within the dorms to see if proximity to access points changes anything? Honestly my first guess would be that the iPad and iPhone just have better antenna gain and that you're located poorly to connect to the access point. Seeing if you can get better speeds in a different area (hall, common room(s), whatever) would be a quick way to test that.

 

[Zero Darkness]

Have you tried testings from different areas within the dorms to see if proximity to access points changes anything? Honestly my first guess would be that the iPad and iPhone just have better antenna gain and that you're located poorly to connect to the access point. Seeing if you can get better speeds in a different area (hall, common room(s), whatever) would be a quick way to test that.

Yes, I've tried it up and down the hallways (even directly next to an access point) to no avail. On top of that, my connection signal is excellent in my room to begin with, with my laptop always having full bars, but even if that was incorrect it still gets the same speed directly next to the access points.