On 07/04/2018 18:55, mike wrote:
On 4/7/2018 5:00 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Chris wrote:
Hi all,

Am a longtime computer user, but new to win10 as I've just built a cheap
gaming machine. My last extensive exposure to windows was win98, so
please be gentle. My experience since then has been linux (mostly)
and Macs.

This is a home machine running Win10 Pro version 1709. Rest of the spec
is an intel i3 8100 (coffee lake), 8GB RAM, nVidia 3GB GTX1060, a
Samsung 820 64GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. I have an Asus PCE-N15 Wireless
PCI-E card for the wifi.

The problem is that the networking is crushingly slow on this machine
(i.e. measured in low kilobits per sec). Every other device in the house
incl. smart TVs, Mac laptops, linux desktops, phones, etc. have really
good connectivity (measured in megabits per sec) - they are quite happy
streaming Netflix etc. However, this PC stuggles to even refresh
newsgroup headers or load googe.com in a browser.

Where do I find where the wireless device drivers are so that I try and
tweak them? Where else can I look to try and boost the networking on
this machine? Or alternatively, what could be interferring with the
internet speed?

Given the location of the router relative to the PC ethernet is not an
option, so please don't go down that road.

Other devices (incl. the linux PC which this windows machine is
replacing) have no problems using wireless in the same room as the PC.
The PC seems throttled somehow and I'm not sure where...

Any help/pointers happily received.

Â*Â* Long shot:

Â*Â* 5Ghz or 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (in use)?

Â*Â* If 2.4GHz, does the system have Bluetooth? If yes, turn Bluetooth off.

Good point.
I had to dump all my 2.4 and 5GHZ cordless phones.Â* The DECT6 stuff seems
to be compatible with wifi.

Another diagnostic option is to boot a linux live CD.
See if it has the same speed problem.
http://macpup.org/
MacPup 5.50 has a very easy wireless configuration wizard
thatÂ* starts at boot and you don't have to know anything to use.
Also makes a good utility fixit disk.

Sounds like you're already familiar with linux, so that may not help you.
My limited experience with linux suggests that interconnectivity
between linux and windows can be problematic.Â* MacPup5.50
has ALWAYS worked seamlessly with windows, for me, out of the box.

I'm sure there are better options to look at speed, but I like
this option because you don't have to know anything about anything
to use it.
http://8gadgetpack.net/
drag the network meter to your desktop.
Start a large file transfer.
If the speed graph has a flat top, that suggests throttling somewhere.
If it's spikey, that points more toward signal quality/interference.

I'd also experiment with encryption.
I have one tablet that has a very fast connection with encryption
disabled, but is slower than a slug with AES encryption.

It is not a hardware limitation, but the standards committee took it
upon itself to limit wireless connection speeds unless you used AES
encryption or no encryption at all.Â* IIRC, even if you tell it you
want N with lesser encryption, you are maxed at somewhere around G
speeds.Â* That can be very annoying and hardware or software vendors
may try to sneak around that with varying degrees of success.

Sounds like your problem is much worse than G speed.

Thanks for tips. I'll see how I get on.