Is your Wifi slowing down your PC?
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 01/07/2014 07:39 AM
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MZPRESTO from our forums was having an issue with slow internet performance but it also seemed to be slowing down his operating system (Windows 7) as well. This was definitely a strange one but easily fixed by one of our volunteers.
Complete virus scan
Disabled unnecessary programs
Hard drive defrag
Scanned drive for errors
All of these were good ideas except the problem seemed to effect all of his computers. Any one of those could have been the culprit though. Reading How to Make Your Computer Run Like New in 4 Easy Steps could help if you think your PC needs a tuneup.
He then read up on the possibility that his router or wi-fi adapter causing his computer to slow down and came up empty. He then checked his router and set it to a specific channel rather than automatic but automatic works best nowadays for people.
The answer ended up being slow DHCP from the router and the best advice is to statically assign an IP address to your wireless card and test it.
Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections
Right click your wi-fi connection and select properties
Highlight internet protocol version 4 and click properties
Manually set your IP, subnet and default gateway (address of router)
To get your IP, subnet and gateway you need to get to a command prompt. On Windows 7, for example, you can find it at Start, All Program, Accessories, Command Prompt. Now type in “ipconfig /all” and you can maximize the window to see everything and scroll.
All of these were good ideas except the problem seemed to effect all of his computers. Any one of those could have been the culprit though. Reading How to Make Your Computer Run Like New in 4 Easy Steps could help if you think your PC needs a tuneup.
He then read up on the possibility that his router or wi-fi adapter causing his computer to slow down and came up empty. He then checked his router and set it to a specific channel rather than automatic but automatic works best nowadays for people.
The answer ended up being slow DHCP from the router and the best advice is to statically assign an IP address to your wireless card and test it.
Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections
Right click your wi-fi connection and select properties
Highlight internet protocol version 4 and click properties
Manually set your IP, subnet and default gateway (address of router)
To get your IP, subnet and gateway you need to get to a command prompt. On Windows 7, for example, you can find it at Start, All Program, Accessories, Command Prompt. Now type in “ipconfig /all” and you can maximize the window to see everything and scroll.
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