Getting Incredible slow speeds for no apparent reason

jexorz

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Have been using a tiny little edimax wifi dongle and its been working great for months, But now all of a sudden the speed has dropped by 90% for no reason... Any ideas on what might be causing this?....Ive got full signal bars and the router has not moved...ive reset both the computer and the router and the problem persists...plugged in my old dongle and it works just fine.

I just plugged it back in after trying the old dongle and its much better, but running at about 1/3rd of what it used to be at instead of 1/10th...so im baffled
 
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Despite no moving parts, these USB WiFi dongles do wear out periodically. In my experience, they usually last 2 - 3 years.

I would check for an updated driver, and if the problem persists, see if you are eligible for a warranty replacement. If not, you are OOL, and will need to buy a new one.

jexorz

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All wired components, I'm the only thing using the wifi network aside from my xbox 360 which isn't turned on, Someones phone was using it but i already turned it off and it didn't do a thing
 
Despite no moving parts, these USB WiFi dongles do wear out periodically. In my experience, they usually last 2 - 3 years.

I would check for an updated driver, and if the problem persists, see if you are eligible for a warranty replacement. If not, you are OOL, and will need to buy a new one.
 
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