very very slow internet

for about a week now the my internet access has been very slow. the speed says that it's 54Mbps and the signal is strong but the internet is so slow that it took me about 30 minutes to finally get her and post this.

so please help!!!!!

 

What is your router/modem and internet connection?

Are you sharing the connection with anyone else?

Are you using wireless?

If you can, go to www.speedtest.net and see what speeds you get

 

Are you virus/trojan/spyware free?

 

Change your wireless password every 2-4 weeks or so.

 

both wireless and LAN are equally slow, the desktop pc that uses LAN is also slow.

i don't think that there are any virus or spyware

i tried going on that speedtest site to test it but my connection is so slow i can't even test it.

 

what would that do???

 

That would not do anything to increase your network speed. It would increase security, but I think that is a bit overboard.

If it is possible, remove the router and connect directly to the modem. See if your speed increases. If it does not increase, you might need to contact your ISP.

 

i really don't know what router/modem is but i only have one, so i'm guessing that mines both.

 

Contact your ISP and tell them you have internet speed problems.

 

If the neighbor cracked ur internet password and is download crazy torrents, then yes, it will increase your download speed.

 

I believe you meant to say "decrease your download speed". Yes, it would impact downloads, but it would not prevent a page from loading for 30 minutes.

 

What you describe is a classic MTU setting being to high. I had the same problem early on when I started networking. Some pages would load od but Yahoo and other would not. In the router on the main WAN/ISP setting you will find a MTU setting of 1500(def). Lower it to 1492 for dsl. If nothing is loading and you do not have valid gateway and dns server Ip. Your ISP may be MAC Filtering, just clone the mac address of the PC used to setup the account into the router. Save settings and then check the router status for a valid connection.

 

Here's one i could use help figuring out.

I'm on a wireless notebook, cable modem, generally things are peachy keen ... some yahoo webcam issues but the real kicker is the forum I spend a lot of time at. When it was a phpbb board, it was very fast. It's now an SMF board and here at home, it runs as slow as molasses. Same notebook at work on a wireless DSL connection? Fast as lightning. Why this one site?

 

Different firewall/network settings.

 

firewalls on the modems/routers? that would only affect one site?

hmmmmm .... looking into this angle, thanks

 

It's conceivable, and it's one place to start diagnosing - if it turns out not to be the case, then at least you've excluded that possibility for later.

 

Have you reviewed the SMF community forum? I recall seeing posts about this type of behavior in the past.