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How to speed up the Internet on a computer, laptop

User question

Hello.

Tell me, is it possible to somehow speed up the Internet on a laptop? I am connected via a Wi-Fi connection, the provider promised a speed of 50 Mbps - but in fact, everything loads very slowly.

I contacted the Internet provider - they checked the network and said that everything was fine on their side, look for the problem yourself. I myself did not find it, but in order to call specialists from the provider, you need to pay them (and, I would even say, not sour ...).

Good day!

You wrote "slowly" - and this concept is very loose 👀. For someone, download a movie in 10 minutes. - it is slow, you need for 2 ☝. But in general, in general, the problem is quite popular, and in this article I will describe the main methods and points that you need to check, and which, in the end, will speed up your connection somewhat.

So...

👉 To help!

How to find out the real Internet speed on a computer - //ocomp.info/kak-uznat-skorost-interneta.html

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Ways to speed up the Internet on Windows

Change of provider / tariff plan

This advice does not apply to optimization and tuning, but nevertheless ...

Of course, one of the most effective ways to increase the speed of the Internet is to change the tariff plan of your connection (or even change the provider itself).

Moreover, now in most cities, Internet connection is free, several providers are available and there is always a choice (perhaps only those who live in small regional centers where there are practically no alternatives are held hostage) ...

Note: by the way, if you decide to change the provider, I recommend asking around the neighbors at the entrance - this way you can assess the real speed and quality of Internet services (and choose the best option for your particular house).

Different Internet tariffs

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Configuring Internet Channel Reservation

Windows by default can limit your Internet bandwidth up to 20%! Naturally, this can seriously affect the download speed, and therefore it would be nice to disable this reservation. How to do it?

You must open the Group Policy Editor. To open it - press the combination of buttons WIN + R , enter the command gpedit.msc open the line, and press Enter ... The method is relevant for Windows XP / 7/8/10.

gpedit.msc - launch the group policy editor

Note! If you have a home (or initial) version of Windows, most likely, you will not open the Group Policy editor, giving an error: "Cannot find gpedit.msc. Please check if the name is correct and try again." .

In this case, there are two ways out: either change the version of Windows, or install this editor (there are clever ways on the Internet how to do this).

Next, you need to go to the branch: "Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> QoS Packet Scheduler" ... After, on the right, open the parameter "Limit the reserved bandwidth" (see the screen below 👇).

Local Group Policy Editor / Windows 7

In the window that opens, set the slider to the mode "Enable" and put a limit in 0% (as in the screenshot below). After that, save the settings and restart the computer. The restriction should now be lifted ...

Limit the reserved bandwidth to 0

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Optimize the system, fix bugs, clean up garbage

I think that it is not a secret for anyone that the speed of the Internet depends on the optimization of the system, and in general, in general, all your activities at the PC.

I'm not even talking about the fact that all sorts of garbage (old and broken shortcuts, leftover tails from long-deleted programs, erroneous entries in the registry, etc.) can "force" your computer to slow down ...

For auto-optimization and cleaning the system from this "good", I recommend a couple of utilities below.

Advanced SystemCare (link to official site)

Clear and Optimize System Care 12

An excellent utility that solves dozens of the most popular tasks at once: eliminates spyware, cleans the registry, removes garbage, speeds up the Internet, fixes shortcuts, defragments a disk, etc.

In just a dozen minutes, you will have a completely cleaned and optimized system by pressing 1-2 buttons!

CCleaner (link to official site)

Free very effective utility for cleaning your system. Works quickly, safely and without unnecessary hassles.

CCleaner cleans out the Augean Stables!

In addition to cleaning, there are modules for optimizing the registry, forcibly removing programs, analyzing system performance. Fully translated into Russian.

In addition, I recommend that you also read two more of my articles on optimizing Windows, the links are given below 👇.

👉 To help!

1) The best programs for cleaning your computer (laptop) from garbage - //ocomp.info/programmyi-dlya-ochistki-musora.html

2) Optimizing Windows 10 to speed up your computer - //ocomp.info/super-optimizatsiya-windows-10.html

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Are there any other applications that overload the network?

Also, quite often, many users do not even know what applications they have using their Internet channel. It is possible that the Internet speed is slow in your current program due to the fact that the entire channel is busy with some other process that you do not even know about!

For complete control over the network, I recommend using a special utility NetLimiter (in principle, it has many analogues, you can use something else).

NetLimiter

Website: //www.netlimiter.com/

Simple and reliable internet control application. Allows you to see all programs using the Internet channel. Having identified all unnecessary - you can block or disable these applications. Thus, the Internet channel will be freed up for your current tasks.

NetLimiter - traffic control application

You can also partially estimate the load on the network in task manager (This is especially clearly seen in Windows 10, in Windows 7 - open the resource monitor). An example is shown in the screenshot below.

Task manager in Windows 10 - minimal network load

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App for downloads is not configured (e.g. uTorrent)

Not so long ago I helped an acquaintance who complained that he had too long downloading files. Imagine my surprise when in uTorrent (and he downloaded them through this program) I found a set speed limit! Because of such trifles and carelessness, sometimes you have to wait for hours for the download.

The premise here is simple: be sure to check the settings of the application in which you download the file (and in which you are unhappy with the Internet speed). It is possible that there is a limitation in the settings!

If you touch uTorrent (as one of the most popular download programs), then open the program settings and check the tab "Speed" (Speed). It sets the speed limit for downloading and uploading. Set your values ​​based on the tasks and power of the PC.

Speed ​​limits

Also check the tab "Traffic limit" - if you do not have an unlimited Internet connection, then it can be very helpful.

(If you have enabled and set a certain traffic limit, then upon reaching it, uTorrent will stop transferring files)

Traffic limits

By the way, if the question is about uTorrent, I recommend that you also read another article:

👉 To help!

Why uTorrent downloads at a low speed: torrents take a very long time to download - //ocomp.info/utorrent-kachaet-s-mal-skorostyu.html

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Using turbo modes in browsers

If your web pages open slowly in your browser, online video slows down, etc. - then I recommend trying to use the turbo mode (available in some browsers: Opera, Yandex browser, etc.).

Turbo mode in Yandex browser

Turbo mode allows you to compress heavy pages before loading them, due to which pages start to load faster. In general, this makes sense with a slow network connection.

In addition, you can try using browsers with low system requirements. Their functionality is slightly curtailed, but they work very quickly! Link to article below.

👉 To help!

Browsers for weak computers - //ocomp.info/brauzeryi-dlya-slabyih-pk.html

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Update the drivers for the network adapter

In general, drivers are a tricky thing, sometimes you have to spend a lot of time until everything is configured properly.

When it comes to the network adapter, there may be a couple of options:

  1. you do not have a driver for a network card - as a rule, in this case, you will not have the Internet (at all!). Here, I think, it is clear what to do - download and update the driver;
  2. Windows automatically picked up and installed the driver: in this case, the network will work (and in most cases you don't even need to do anything else). But it also happens that the adapter with these drivers does not work as fast as it could with the "native" optimized drivers. therefore, it is highly advisable (when you are not happy with the speed of the Internet) to download and update the driver from the official website of the device. For example, I have come across several times that after updating the driver, the network speed increased 3-4 times!

👉 To help!

1) How to install, update or uninstall the Wi-Fi driver (wireless network adapter) - //ocomp.info/kak-ustanovit-drayver-na-adapter-wi-fi.html

2) How to find and install a driver for an unknown device - //ocomp.info/kak-nayti-i-ustanovit-drayver-dlya-neizvestnogo-ustroystva.html

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Bad connection to the server where the files are being downloaded from

I think that many who have been playing network computer games for a long time have come across more than once or twice that the game slows down on one particular server, and everything is fine on the other. The point is that different servers have different connection quality.

And it is quite possible that you have a low download speed of the file because the connection to a specific server is poor. This happens all the time. Try downloading your files from other resources.

Alternatively, you can use torrents - if the file is popular, then the download will go from many sources, and will reach the maximum speed possible for you.

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Strengthen the signal, set up the router (for those who have a Wi-Fi network)

If you have a router at home, a Wi-Fi network is configured and you access the Internet using it - that is, there are a number of important things that you need to pay attention to: the location of the router and laptop (phone), channel settings, whether network protection is configured, etc.

I talked about all these subtleties in one of my articles (link below).

👉 To help!

Ways to Strengthen the Wi-Fi Signal - Improving Reception and Increasing the Range of the Network at Home: //ocomp.info/kak-usilit-signal-wi-fi.html

As a result, after completing these activities, the speed in your Wi-Fi network will increase, which means that the Internet will work faster ...

👉 To help!

How to increase the speed of a Wi-Fi network (speeding up data transfer) - //ocomp.info/kak-uvelichit-skorost-wi-fi-seti.html

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Perhaps your processor / hard disk slows down

And, probably, the last thing I wanted to dwell on in this article.

The fact is that it is not the Internet that slows you down, but, say, your hard drive. Because of this, the same uTorrent automatically drops the download speed, waiting for the load on the hard drive to decrease.

When it returns to normal - the download speed increases, if the load on the disk reaches high values ​​again - uTorrent resets it again (and so, in a circle) ...

Therefore, I recommend that you open Task Manager (press the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Del), and see if there is a high load on the disk - i.e. > 30-50%. If so, identify the applications that create it and close them (if they are not system processes).

Hard disk load

Also check out a couple more articles for more information and solutions.

👉 To help!

1) The hard disk slows down: 100% loaded, everything freezes and works slowly - //ocomp.info/zhestkiy-disk-zagruzhen-na-100-protsentov.html

2) The processor is loaded at 100% for no apparent reason, slows down - //ocomp.info/protsessor-zagruzhen-na-100-i-tormozit.html

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If you managed to speed up your Internet connection in a different way, I would be grateful for a couple of lines in the comments.

That's all, good luck to everyone!

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First published: 03.11.2017

Correction: 01/03/2020

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