- Sep 23, 2013
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I've been searching for answers online for days to no avail. I have a 50mbit download and 5mbit upload connection. I have 2 computers connected to our modem (which is brand new), both through ethernet. My computer reaches the speeds fine when doing a speedtest. The 2nd computer is for some reason capped at 9.5ish mbits download speed, and the upload reaches 5mbit as intended. Anyone knows why this is happening? We have no network traffic software that caps either computer so there is no reason the 2nd computer should be getting capped at 10 by default.
SECOND QUESTION - Still unsolved
When you ping to a modem, usually it's supposed to be 1ms responses like this right?
And since this ping just goes to the modem and returns, it should be unaffected by whether I have any downloads/uploads going on at the same time. Now here's the test I did: I have the command prompt on windows pinging the modem continuously. I start streaming a high quality 1080p livestream on the first pc (the one that doesn't get capped and gets normal 50 and 5 speeds). Ping to modem remains at <1ms on the entire network despite bandwidth being used - as expected (both computers).
I stop the downloads. I start watching the stream on the 2nd pc . Modem ping now goes crazy on both computer, the values matching the time that the stream is being bufferred:
So first of all (solved), why is the 2nd pc getting capped at 10mbit download while upload remains unaffected and
Second of all (unsolved), why is it that when the 2nd pc uses bandwidth on the internet, the modem (local) ping and the entire network start to bottleneck? I can download 50mbits worth of stuff on the 1st pc and the modem ping remains unaffected from any pc. I mean that's the expected result isn't it?
Additional information:
-At noon and afternoon both computers worked fine. Neither were capped. Neither affected modem ping whether downloading/streaming stuff or not. We didn't change any settings to cause a change.
-Tried with 2 different modems (1 of them being brand new)
-Tried with different cables
-Tried different ports on both modems
-Tried flushing dns
-Tried restarting pc
-Tried restarting modem
SECOND QUESTION - Still unsolved
When you ping to a modem, usually it's supposed to be 1ms responses like this right?
And since this ping just goes to the modem and returns, it should be unaffected by whether I have any downloads/uploads going on at the same time. Now here's the test I did: I have the command prompt on windows pinging the modem continuously. I start streaming a high quality 1080p livestream on the first pc (the one that doesn't get capped and gets normal 50 and 5 speeds). Ping to modem remains at <1ms on the entire network despite bandwidth being used - as expected (both computers).
I stop the downloads. I start watching the stream on the 2nd pc . Modem ping now goes crazy on both computer, the values matching the time that the stream is being bufferred:
So first of all (solved), why is the 2nd pc getting capped at 10mbit download while upload remains unaffected and
Second of all (unsolved), why is it that when the 2nd pc uses bandwidth on the internet, the modem (local) ping and the entire network start to bottleneck? I can download 50mbits worth of stuff on the 1st pc and the modem ping remains unaffected from any pc. I mean that's the expected result isn't it?
Additional information:
-At noon and afternoon both computers worked fine. Neither were capped. Neither affected modem ping whether downloading/streaming stuff or not. We didn't change any settings to cause a change.
-Tried with 2 different modems (1 of them being brand new)
-Tried with different cables
-Tried different ports on both modems
-Tried flushing dns
-Tried restarting pc
-Tried restarting modem
). I don't know how to try a different network interface card.
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