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The Geek
Oh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPA regular
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My wife's computer has been slower than mine for downloading stuff for quite some time now and I can't totally figure out why. We have the same connection through our router in our apartment.
The most obvious test other than an actual speed test site is that mine zooms through getting youtube videos or trailers at the apple trailers website, while hers takes a very long time.
We've cleaned it up, done spyware checks, etc, tested different ports on the router, plugged in directly without the router, tried different cat5 cables, done most of what we can think of.
The only thing I can figure is that perhaps there's something funky with her network card itself. Is there any way I can test that to see if it's worth buying a new one? Or are there some other simple and/or obvious fixes that I'm missing?
The most obvious test other than an actual speed test site is that mine zooms through getting youtube videos or trailers at the apple trailers website, while hers takes a very long time.
We've cleaned it up, done spyware checks, etc, tested different ports on the router, plugged in directly without the router, tried different cat5 cables, done most of what we can think of.
The only thing I can figure is that perhaps there's something funky with her network card itself. Is there any way I can test that to see if it's worth buying a new one? Or are there some other simple and/or obvious fixes that I'm missing?
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Try transferring a large, single file from yours to hers, and then the other way. This will help pin down whether the problem is networking specific or internet specific.
Well, I know we've tried to transfer files between our computers before and it's dreadfully slow. But I had pretty much figured it wasn't an internet thing since my speed for downloading stuff from the intertubes was still really good.
My guess is that the problem isn't internet related.