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Old 01-11-2008, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by squirrelnmoose View Post
The previous suggestions are good.
Also turn off 2 of the three, and see if that makes a difference. Also turn off 2 of the three and see if there is an improvement. Especially with your son's. If he is running programs, like a torrent client, it may eat up almost all of your available bandwidth.
It's not my son running torrent clients, it's me. But I haven't got anything running right now. HOWEVER, when I do download something it won't upload to share. Tells me there's a firewall. I turn off all the firewalls and still can't upload. I have to disconnect the wireless router to allow for that.
Also if he downloads free or free trial software, it's likely there is some spyware that may be slowing you down also. I know he does this, I'll run a spyware program on his, I know he doesn't think that's an issue.

You can test you actual speed here:
Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test
I've run speedtests through my torrent client and they stink!



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