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sudden slow internet speed on windows 11
anupbadri Actually the fix might be a lot simpler. I just chose the "Reset network connections" and when it restarted everything came up perfect. I have a ASRock A520M w/ a Ryzen 5 5600G. The settings for 10 seem to be different in 11, so before resetting your router and Wi-Fi (like I did first) just try the network setting reset.
How can I get back to Windows 10 and get back my decent internet access speed.
- philb20Feb 05, 2023Copper Contributor
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Have the same problem, installed windows 11 on a spare M.2 drive so have dual boot Winndows 11 and Windows 10 on the same PC. All settings for the RealTec ethernet nic are the same.
Windows 10 gives 398Mbs over RealTec 2.5gb ethernet
Windows 11 gives 79Mbs over RealTec 2.5gb ethernet
Which leads me to conclude Windows 11 is still buggy after over a year from launch- maklionFeb 13, 2023Copper Contributor
philb20 i tried all methods written here , i was about to give up then suddenly i saw drivereasy software name then i though whynot give it a try as last attempt cause in past use to have win10 i didn't trusted windows updates for graphic driver as it gave always outdated driver so i installed iobits driver booster software and it was good
driver easy listing for ethernet driver
before speedtest result :
after installed drivereasy and updating drivers (restarting pc) speedtest result :
edit : it worked only for a day and now i'm on same 18-20 mbps as before- D323XFeb 21, 2023Copper ContributorI have a Dell XPS with the Killer network adapters and disabling that, along with the optimized setting within TCP Optimizer seemed to do the trick for me. Using MLab as my benchmark, I am now getting back to normal speeds. Try them all. Thanks all!
- bryandav1965Feb 05, 2023Copper Contributor
I use TCP Optimizer (free download at speed guide.net or Google).
Run as Administrator. Max out connection speed (near the top under General Settings tab). Next to Choose Settings, click Optimal
Apply changes at the bottom, reboot. Nice and easy. Works for me every time. if settings go back for some reason, just do it again.
- philb20Feb 06, 2023Copper Contributor
TCP Optimizer didnt improve windows 11 ethernet speed.
Its the same hardware just a dual boot system , so not hardware, not cable, not router its all identical between Win 10 and 11, I have latest RealTek drivers for win11
But windows 11 ethernet runs 5x slower than on same system for windows 10
- maverikvaFeb 05, 2023Copper Contributor
philb20 Not so sure about that. After dealing with this issue for months and having to install/reinstall drivers repeatedly, it seems one of the later updates (windows or driver; not sure which) fixed the issue. It's been months now since I've seen the slow-down. Wish I could provide more guidance as to what fixed the issue, but it seems to have been resolved.
One thing to note though - I've been using an app called Driver Easy for my driver updates. It seems to pick up driver updates long before Windows update or any of the other update programs do. Maybe try it and see if the drivers it selects fixes the issue.
- splineFeb 06, 2022Copper ContributorI had to separate 5GHz and 2.4GHz brother as individual networks and it's working again.
- Mike_A72Feb 06, 2022Copper Contributor
It seems that my Internet speeds keep slowing down after a period of time and I have had to run SG TCP optimizer multiple times. Based on the one suggestion, I have reset my network devices and now things are back to normal. I just hope that the Internet speeds remain consistent and do not dip down again. I also have Eero and do not have the option of separating the 5 GHZ and 2.4 GHZ bands.
- splineFeb 07, 2022Copper Contributorseparate on my synology router.
one network for 2.4 ghz, 1 network for 5ghz. Instead of both automatically, as would be the router's default settings. All other tricks like tcp optimizer and and and didn't help me. Only the 2 separate wifi networks on the router.