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I don't think there would be any difference between W7 and W10. I think because your wife is getting the quoted speed the router and line is ok. Your Ping seems high ... does a check on your wife's computer show the same Ping? Check whether the drivers for your wifi adaptors are fully up to date. To use your wifes usb adaptor cannot you download installation data from the web. I use Ookla speed check and results below for my laptop on wifi. I'm about 700 metres from the cabinet.
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oldMohawk said:
I don't think there would be any difference between W7 and W10. I think because your wife is getting the quoted speed the router and line is ok. Your Ping seems high ... does a check on your wife's computer show the same Ping? Check whether the drivers for your wifi adaptors are fully up to date. To use your wifes usb adaptor cannot you download installation data from the web. I use Ookla speed check and results below for my laptop on wifi. I'm about 700 metres from the cabinet.
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My wifes ping was 71ms whereas you can see mine by the attached file. I`m about 300 yards from the cabinet. I`m confused because as you can see, both these speed checks are whilst using vpn via netherlands & they`re not very high, but earlier i downloaded a tv show at 21mbps using the same vpn connection. My neighbour reckons i need a new usb dual band adapter, which i suppose would be cheaper than the powerline option?Speed 1.JPG Speed 2.JPG
 
Radiorails said:
VPN can be useful but has drawbacks. For instance Amazon will tell you they do not deliver wherever you have chosen to be. Some important web sites will also question your identity if they feel you may be a hacker or similar.
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Radiorails,. You could be right. I tried logging into Talktalk whilst connected to a vpn & connection failed.
 
Your upload is now nearly same as mine. I suppose a dual band adaptor gives a choice. I use 5Ghz on my laptop and iPad (which have dual band) to avoid interference but the usual 2.4Ghz is better for penetrating walls. I would sort out your PC's apparent wifi adaptor problems rather than a powerline. Can you fit a wifi card inside your PC ... they are faster than plug in adaptors but get the correct one.
ps... check whether your router is dual band.
 
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Your upload is now nearly same as mine. I suppose a dual band adaptor gives a choice. I use 5Ghz on my laptop and iPad (which have dual band) to avoid interference but the usual 2.4Ghz is better for penetrating walls. I would sort out your PC's apparent wifi adaptor problems rather than a powerline. Can you fit a wifi card inside your PC ... they are faster than plug in adaptors but get the correct one.
ps... check whether your router is dual band.
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Can i fit a wifi card into my pc? No, i don`t have the confidence. I will stick with what i have for now & see if things improve. If they don`t then i`ll get a dual band adapter. The wifi adapter in my wifes pc is single band & it`s one i bought many many years ago but it`s still good enough for a 30Mbps speed! My router is dual band.
 
Two things to try:
Open Command Prompt - run as administrator
Type ipconfig /flushdns (and 'enter')
Type ipconfig /renew (and 'enter')
This will reset all your IP settings which may have become corrupted.
 
I have BT Infinity and I have just had a speed check, download 50.2 mbps upload 5.66 mbps this is all double Dutch to me but I presume it is satisfactory ? Eric
 
I live in rural Spain, radio internet, ping 19ms, down of 4, works great.


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jukebox said:
Two things to try:
Open Command Prompt - run as administrator
Type ipconfig /flushdns (and 'enter')
Type ipconfig /renew (and 'enter')
This will reset all your IP settings which may have become corrupted.
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That sounds scary to me! Will system restore undo any mess i make doing this? If not, i aint gonna do it.
 
cookie273uk said:
I have BT Infinity and I have just had a speed check, download 50.2 mbps upload 5.66 mbps this is all double Dutch to me but I presume it is satisfactory ? Eric
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Eric, i think for a normal house that`s more than enough ( unless you`ve got a dozen kids on their playstations at the same time )
 
It won't mess up your computer, if you enter anything wrong it just won't run. Make sure you have the space before the forward slash.
Another thing you could try while in Command Prompt is
sfc /scannow
this will check your PC's system files .. it can take 30 mins to do this.
Also have you looked in Device Manager when you have the USB wifi plugged in and checked it for latest drivers?
 
oldMohawk said:
It won't mess up your computer, if you enter anything wrong it just won't run. Make sure you have the space before the forward slash.
Another thing you could try while in Command Prompt is
sfc /scannow
this will check your PC's system files .. it can take 30 mins to do this.
Also have you looked in Device Manager when you have the USB wifi plugged in and checked it for latest drivers?
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All drivers are up to date. Speed this morning without vpn was 14Mbps, speed when connected to vpn was 27Mbps! I downloaded 3 tv shows in no time. Usually when using a vpn you lose a bit of speed, seems the other way round for me.
 
I would be satisfied with that. Although I have 45 down I don’t really need it, my ISP just gave it and no limit allowance at no extra cost. I’m typing this on an iPad and it’s amazing how the device knows and puts in the next word I’m going to type. I think it will start posting on its own soon! :D
 
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I would be satisfied with that. Although I have 45 down I don’t really need it, my ISP just gave it and no limit allowance at no extra cost. I’m typing this on an iPad and it’s amazing how the device knows and puts in the next word I’m going to type. I think it will start posting on its own soon! :D
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Maybe one day these devices will read our minds & do the typing for us. I`m a bit of a stick in the mud guy when it comes to having the latest gadgets, which probably explains why i`m still using W7. I like things i`m familiar with, which is why i haven`t changed my Wife!
ps, I took the wifi adapter out of my pc & i`m still able to be wireless, so it would seem i don`t need the adapter which came with the pc.
 
It seems that you have a wireless card in your PC and should be able to see it in the Device Manager... that’s what my iPad says !
 
That's on a good day! A wet weekend afternoon, when the local kids are playing online games - at that speed it can't be much fun - and it sinks a lot lower. Whilst the fibre optic goes straight through the village, there are no connections to it except copper phone lines to Neapoli telephone exchange three country kilometres away! That low ping is a bit strange, Phil, but it seems fairly consistent.

Maurice
 
It's all double dutch to me but please put me out of my misery what is a ping? and I thought vpn was something that bothered ladies in tight dresses. I do know out here twixt Barnstaple and Torrington where currently there is no fibre (apart from All Bran) and using this computer is slower than when all we had was dial up.
Bob
 
Bob Davis said:
It's all double dutch to me but please put me out of my misery what is a ping? and I thought vpn was something that bothered ladies in tight dresses. I do know out here twixt Barnstaple and Torrington where currently there is no fibre (apart from All Bran) and using this computer is slower than when all we had was dial up.
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You`re confusing vpn with vpl (visual panty line ) A ping is how long it takes for a signal to hit wherever you send it & to return to your pc ( i think ) The thing that bothers ladies in tight dresses is call a Trump or a Weinstock
 
Ping is an abreviation for Packet InterNet Groper and is not much use to us ordinary folk. It is a signal sent to an IP address or a website and checks the time to go there and time of echo return. I just pinged the forum and it proved it was there and the round trip took 18ms
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Ping is an abreviation for Packet InterNet Groper and is not much use to us ordinary folk. It is a signal sent to an IP address or a website and checks the time to go there and time of echo return. I just pinged the forum and it proved it was there and the round trip took 18ms
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Thanks Smudge & OM, I'm worried about that Groper in the ping particularly with all these vpn around, it's not going to get you in the Hollywood press I hope. In serious mood you have educated me thank you both

Bob
 
I have fitted a vdsl faceplate to my master socket & i have just finished a d/l with speeds of 40Mbps via a vpn connected to the Netherlands. I tried a vpn connected to the UK but max speed i was getting was less than 3 Mbps!
 
I`ve been reading about Krack, although i don`t understand it fully. The bit i could understand says to only use sites that display https & i`ve noticed BHF only uses https? Is our data safe on this forum?
 
As I understand it, if a site is "https" then all the data sent by your browser to the host web site is encrypted.

This is important when doing online banking, or buying things over the web.

But it is less important when sending non-sensitive information to a website like this one or similar web sites.
 
My pc is very slow to boot up. I`ve done the usual checks with Norton & Malwarebytes & they were fine. I`ve been into msconfig but i`m too scared to get rid of, or uncheck anything that`s in there. So i`m thinking of downloading ccleaner to see if that would help. Has anyone used ccleaner & is it any good? Thanks, Smudger. ( windows 7 )
 
If you right click on the corner window icon and then open 'Task Manager', then chose 'Start Up' you will see all the apps running on start up. You can disable them or re-enable them as you want.
ps
Sorry just noticed you are using Win7 so open task manager with
CTRL ALT DEL ... the old three finger salute !
You can also disable/enable in msconfig ... tick or untick boxes.
 
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There is only one thing in startup & i`ve disabled it. ( haven`t a clue what it is ) Lots of stuff in general & services (i`ve checked the box to hide windows services )Startup.JPG General.JPG Services.JPG
 
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