Windows 10: How come my pc wifi is much slower and laggier than any other device

On my phone for example I average around 100-200 mbps download speed however with my pc, I am averaging around 3-5 mbps with lag stutters on games such as Fortnite or rust. Is there any solution?

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One device much slower than others on home wifi - why?

I spoke with the shop once I could be in front of the computer. Yes. They too were puzzled.

What they think is that:

1. They must have goofed up the parts list for it
2. So the Dell 1397 is the adapter I have
3. And the "radio" must be getting weak or intermittent

Even though I have no Intel 7260 showing in Device Manager:





I went to the Intel site and downloaded the drivers for the 7260. Ran the exe, it ran fine, no errors, told me to restart so changes would take hold - but when I got back, there still wasn't a 7260 listed.

At that point I called the shop again and they said that it's "not uncommon" for an Intel driver install exe to just run, even if its target hardware isn't present. Sounds goofy to me, but okay.

I don't know how useful this is, but here's the ipconfig /all listing, for the wireless on my computer:





I read the guy at the shop the list of network adapters in device manager, and he agreed that none other than the 1397 were wireless adapters.

So - unless a miracle can happen and someone can show me where this alleged 7260 is - I'm going to wait for the shop to help me, or, maybe, if it's not too hard - this is an all-in-one PC and opening up even a big box scares me - put a new card in myself.

 

One device much slower than others on home wifi - why?

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One device much slower than others on home wifi - why?

Well, that's interesting. *Smile

In several of your posts such as #6 & #17, a cmd window has shown the active wireless card to be the 1397. It can't be anything different, however; that doesn't suggest the 7260 card can't be sitting idle and without drivers.

Post a screenshot of the network adapters expanded, from the device manager and look for the missing wireless card or an exclamation mark next to an unknown device (possibly within an 'other devices' category.

The card is either present in the PC or not present. Maybe the PC didn't get the planned upgraded card before delivery. One step at a time and we'll sort this out. *Smile