Internet Speed Limited on Windows 10

Hi! After installing Windows 10, I have a problem with my internet speed on my notebook. It connects to my personal wifi network, but the speed is limited to 54 Mbs. A friend of mine connected his HP notebook to the same wifi network and his speed was 150 Mbs. I do not seem to know what the problem is. I tried almost everything: - reinstalled the drivers- reset the rooter- disabled the power-off option for the adapter- tried resetting the IP in CMD Nothing works. I must mention that the wireless button light on my notebook keeps beeping. Instead of staying white, it keeps beeping every second, 1 second white, 1 second orange again and again. This has never happened before. I know that it should stay orange when it is turned off and white when on, but now it keeps on beeping. The slow internet connection problem is obviously related to this wireless button issue. I installed and reinstalled the HP wireless button driver. It does not work. I connected my notebook directly to the rooter with a cable and surprisingly the network speed was still low (54 Mbs), so I can rule out the wireless adapter hardware, as the problems persists on a wired connection. Can you please help me? It is really frustrating and no solution seems to work.

Hi ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Forums! A great place where you can find solutions for your issues with help from the community!
I came across your post about the Notebook, and wanted to assist you! I have looked into your issue about your HP 2000 Notebook and issues with the speeds of the Internet.Try using the Windows Update Troubleshooting tool to fix the problem.Here is a document that shows how to update drivers that are not working correctly with Windows 10.Here is a link to the HP Support Assistant if you need it. Just download and run the application and it will help with the software and drivers on your system that might need updating. The HP Support Assistant has a built in troubleshoot for Wireless that could help. Thanks.

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, or by a peripheral device.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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hi!
it might be an answer to my problem somewhere on this forum, but
right now i do not have the time to browse through - so ill just post my problem quick and simple.
im running windows 7 ultimate on a intel imac, via bootcamp. the issue is simple, yet pretty annoying.
in iOS, my internet speed is great, as it should be (my bandwidth is 12/12 mbit).
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directly connected to imac with new modem
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Michael,
Thanks again for your suggestions and offer to help. At this point, I think I'm throwing in the towel. I took my PowerBook to my other home which has internet service through a different ISP and uses a different cable modem. Without doing a thing, my computer connected to my Airport network there and was immediately running at speeds above 5,000 kbps. I think that pretty clearly demonstrates it's not a setting on my Mac but instead a problem with the cable service, modem or something in the infrastructure. Unfortunately, since the technicians get decent results on their Windows test machine, any results I find on my Mac are meaningless to them and they don't feel a real problem exists.
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At the end of the day, I think my only option is to switch to DSL service. My local phone company is offering a 6 MB service with 512 upload speed for just slightly more than my cable 5 MB 384 up service. Because I can't pinpoint my cable modem service problems to any of my own hardware, I don't believe I'll have any luck pursuing this further with the cable company. I can only guess that something upstream was damaged during a recent lightening strike that hit my home and knocked out all my networking equipment including the cable modem, spliters and filters. Since all of that has been replaced, I can only guess that something further upstream was also damaged and they just haven't been able to pinpoint the problem.
Thanks again for your assistance. I really wish we could have figured it out.

Is Wi Fi speed limited by old iMac and old Airport Express?

I got my sister an Apple TV for Christmas. Download times for movies or TV rentals is really slow.
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I guess my question is whether the desktop - an old Power PC and it's old Airport Card hinder the performance of either the rental or purchase downloads or connectivity between her MacBook, Apple TV & iPad. When I visit, I also get a pretty weak signal from the den in the back of the house to the family room up front. Could the "n" upgrade improve on any of these limitations? Not sure if the slow main computer is part of the problem.
Sorry I don't have more details on the internet speed or specifics on the system.

I guess my question is whether the desktop - an old Power PC and it's old Airport Card hinder the performance of either the rental or purchase downloads or connectivity between her MacBook, Apple TV & iPad.
Yes, the do. When you have non-"n" wireless clients on an "n" network, there will be bandwidth performance degradation anytime those non-"n" clients are active on the network. Typically, "n" clients only get around 70% of maximum bandwidth when non-"n" clients (computers, printers, Internet-ready TVs, or routers) are connected.
When I visit, I also get a pretty weak signal from the den in the back of the house to the family room up front. Could the "n" upgrade improve on any of these limitations?
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2009 Macbook issue: download speed limitation

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Mi wife got a late 2009 white macbook that's driving me crazy. Despite we got a 7Mbit ADSL connection and all others macs at home (we got 2 more 2008 macbooks and a 2008 macbook pro) with the very same OS version (10.6.4) and network settings are working properly and downloading at full speed, her one looks to have some kind of speed limitation in download to around 1.5 Mbps.
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First what I excluded:
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-work and navigate with it, it's ok, download speed remains 7Mbps
-As soon another internet using application is opened (Mail, another browser) the connection speed drops to 1.5 Mbps (this is ALWAYS the limit, no relevant fluctuation in this)
-If I close any of above apps and remain with a single browser, running tests initially report still the 1.5 limit, but shortly after (one or two minutes) the speed gets back to 7Mbps
My wife needs to work with Mail, Skype, and at least two browsers open, so this limit is giving her great troubles

taylor.henderson wrote:
-none of possible fixes I found online did work
This doesn't really help narrow down the problem
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doh, you are right... sorry... the possible fixes I had found around are the ones reported right before...
Create a new user account on the problem computer and see if the slow speeds and strange behaviour persists in it.
I did, it does...
- created a new user and logged in
- opened Safari, speedtest returns 7Mbit/s in download
- opened Firefox, after a little speed drops to 1.4
- some successive test starts slow (1.4) then sometimes speeds up, but most remain at 1.4
- start chrome too, same behaviour
- close Safari and Firefox, wait a little (1 or 2 minutes) do the test with Chrome, back to 7Mbit/s
Then go through stuff like this http://www.gballard.net/macrant/osx_troubleshooting.html.
I went through it and did most of what's suggested there (it's a little complex because when I am not working my wife is usually using her macbook to study and needs to use it all the time)...
- unused disk space is 95,6 GB
- booted in single user mode and did a fsck -fy
- repaired permissions
Nothing changed, both the behavior takes place in new user account, and in main one, where any internet using application (Mail, Skype...) opened together causes the download slow down...

My internet speed keeps to be occupied when streaming video and closing the broswer!!

My internet speed is fully occupied when streaming a video and going to different points in it (walking through it) then close the tab the speed still occupied even if I close the broswer !!!! (also tried on firefox and chrome), Iam running fresh installation of windows 8.1 enterprise (updated) and my browser versions "firefox 29, chrome 34.0.1847.131m" and flash player 13,0,0,206 and only way till now to stop this is to disable and then re-enable connection from network and sharing center in windows . what's wrong! what should I do?

What you NEED to understand is that Flash Player is ONLY a plug-in for your browser.
It ONLY functions when there is Flash content in a page and ONLY when that content is called into play by a user action (you clicked Play or visited a page where the content was set to "auto play").
If your system is downloading data AFTER you've closed the browser (and subsequently terminated the plug-in), whatever is causing that download is OUTSIDE of your browser and OUTSIDE of Flash Player.
Think of it this way. You have a Blu-Ray movie playing and suddenly... there's a loud screeching sound coming from your stereo. So you stop the movie - the sound continues. You eject the BR disc - the sound continues. You disconnect the BR player - the sound continues. You turn the TV off - the sound continues. You disconnect the TV from the stereo - the sound continues. The sound CANNOT be coming from a source that is completely disabled. Flash player is like the BR Player, your browser like the TV. The data download is like the annoying sound. Something in your OS... be it a setting or even malware... is causing the download of data because a terminated browser and a terminated plug-in cannot cause it.

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