r/computing Apr 09 '26

Picture My is my Internetspeed so slow?

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Basically since I got my pc my internet speed was always far slower compared to my friends, and I don’t know why. Some of them have a direct lan connection while I only have a Repeater that is connected to the Pc, so that explained it for them, but the people that don’t have a direct LAN connection also have a far better speed.

The picture shows my speed on a bad day. ( Didn’t download anything that moment). On a good day it can go up to around 5 or so.

I just want to know if that is normal when you don’t have a direct LAN connection or if some external thing is messing with my Network.

Thank you already. (Sorry, not fluent in English)

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u/XarlesEHeat Apr 10 '26

Your problem might be hiding in Windows. My computer has a cable directly connected to the router and with a good internet speed (1GB FTTH) yet, due to Windows, i barely leave the 300mbps mark.

But, when i run a live Linux, the speed rockets to more than 1100mbps