Windows 10: Laptop wifi slow, very fast at work, other devices are fast at home

Discus and support Laptop wifi slow, very fast at work, other devices are fast at home in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Ever since upgrading to Windows 10, my Lenovo laptop has experienced paralyzingly-slow home WiFi performance. To test if it was my ISP or laptop, I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by doorguote, Aug 26, 2015.

  1. doorguote Win User

    Laptop wifi slow, very fast at work, other devices are fast at home


    Ever since upgrading to Windows 10, my Lenovo laptop has experienced paralyzingly-slow home WiFi performance. To test if it was my ISP or laptop, I looked at my wife's laptop in a performance test at the same distance away from my router, with all other home devices on airplane mode. Note: We use AT&T Uverse as our ISP.


    • Wife PC (Chrome) - 17 Mbps
    • Wife PC (Firefox) - 15.2 Mbps
    • My PC (Firefox) - 7.2 Mbps
    • My PC (Chrome) - 3 Mbps

    At work, the same speed test (Ookla) run from the same server as my home tests (Duke University) showed 180 Mbps. I'll go through, from my rather inexperienced perspective, various settings I would imagine might be relevant to diagnosing.

    Boxes in "Network Properties" that are checked under "This connection uses the following items:"
    [x] Client for Microsoft Networks
    [x] File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
    [x] QoS Packet Scheduler
    [x] Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
    [ ] Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver
    [ ] Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Protocol
    [ ] Microsoft LLDP Protocol Driver
    [x] Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6}
    [x] Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder

    Wi-Fi Status

    IPv4 Connectivity: Internet
    IPv6 Connectivity: Internet
    Media State: Enabled
    SSID: <Name of Network>
    Speed: 54.0 Mbps
    Signal Quality (at time of writing): [4 of 5 bars]

    :)
     
    doorguote, Aug 26, 2015
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    So I upgraded my HP p077tx laptop to the windows 10 1607. Now my wifi connects to the system, but is very slow and particularly 90% of the sites don't even load. Google homepage loads very fast and so do the searches. I tried formatting the PC's C drive
    with a fresh install and it still didn't solve the problem. When I use the wifi on this latop all the other devices such my mobile and other laptops in the home aren't able to properly access the wifi as well. But when my laptop is off, the wifi works perfectly
    in all other devices. So the problem is not with the router or ISP network. Please any solutions?
     
    AshokBalaji, Aug 26, 2015
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    wifi connected internet browser very very slow loading daam

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    much slow i checked my nokia x6 wifi signal is full no problem but always slow

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    gopala---01, Aug 26, 2015
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  4. Laptop wifi slow, very fast at work, other devices are fast at home

    Are you connected to a 2.4 GHz network at home? Bluetooth devices and some USB 3.0 devices plugged into a laptop's USB 3.0 port will create interference with your wifi. My bluetooth keyboard/mouse will halve my wifi speed. Add a usb 3.0 external hard drive and sometimes my wifi disconnects during peak transfer.

    What WiFi security protocols are being used at home vs at work?
     
    sciencegeek, Aug 26, 2015
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  5. 5 GHz band is the solution to this problem.
     
    theveterans, Aug 26, 2015
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  6. Not sure if this is directed to my post as I've already moved to 5 GHz to fix it. It hasn't been established yet that it's the OP's issue. I 'm just suggesting the interference as the source.
     
    sciencegeek, Aug 26, 2015
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  7. doorguote Win User
    I am not sure where to specifically see if I'm connected to 2.4 or 5 GHz band, but followed an online suggestion and ran the following in my command prompt

    netsh wlan show all

    The result for my network:

    SSID 2 : 2WIRE477
    Network type : Infrastructure
    Authentication : WPA2-Personal
    Encryption : CCMP
    BSSID 1 : 74:9d:dc:1f:b2:11
    Signal : 99%
    Radio type : 802.11g
    Channel : 6
    Basic rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
    Other rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54

    Does this point out anything obvious to you guys?
     
    doorguote, Aug 27, 2015
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  8. doorguote Win User

    Laptop wifi slow, very fast at work, other devices are fast at home

    Thanks for the suggestion, but I do not have any competing bluetooth frequencies as possible interference. Also, no wireless home phone line to interfere.
     
    doorguote, Aug 27, 2015
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  9. You're on 802.11g so 2.4GzHz.

    If your WiFi driver allows it, could try matching modes. That helped in some cases. Right click on the Start button, select Network Connections, right click on the wi-fi icon, select Properties, click on Configure, click on Advanced tab. You'll see a list of configurable properties. Depending on the driver, hopefully there is one to select "mode". Try setting that to g only to see if that helps.
     
    sciencegeek, Aug 27, 2015
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  10. doorguote Win User
    I did that suggestion, speed-testing "b", "b/g", and "g". I also recorded the "speed" value under the "General" box of the "WiFi Status" window under Network Properties.

    • B: Ookla tested at 6.07 up, 1.9 down. "Speed" = 11.0 Mbps
    • B/G: Ookla tested at 13.76 up, 1.9 down. "Speed" = 54.0 Mbps
    • G: Ookla tested at 15.1 up, 1.9 down. "Speed" = 54.0 Mbps

    Does that seem to be the only thing I should check, do you think?
     
    doorguote, Apr 5, 2018
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