Gig1 Fibre Broadband - Wired Connection

[farhanAli20]

Hello awesome community, I hope you are well.

So for some strange reason since my issues started with random dropouts just over 1 month ago my wired desktop PC is not getting anywhere close to Gig1 speeds.

I've got a decent desktop PC with all the latest updates running on Windows 11. I've tried different cables CAT 6, CAT 8 but speeds are around 180 Mbps on Speedtest also tried thinkbroadband with comes with similar results.

What's strange is the fact that when using website https://samknows.com/products/realspeed speed to Virgin Media 4 is flawless around 950+ Mbps , speed to computer drops down to 150 Mbps . 

I managed to register with 

[url=https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality/share/820bdc35de20f0ad194fd3d19069f... 

Hopefully someone can share some light on whats happening.

Thanks

[farhanAli20]

I forgot to mention my Upload speeds are fine, no issues with this at all.

[ozsat]

It will be the speed to the hub with VM will fix if there is an issue.  Try the following for a speedtest:

Reboot PC

Close every app that may be using any processor

Load Edge or Chrome and then run https://samknows.com/realspeed/ 

[jbrennand]

Do it this way first
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As you expect >100Mbps then connect a 1GB enabled computer/laptop, with up to date drivers, via a NEW and working Cat5e/6a ethernet cable, directly to the Hub which you have put into “modem mode”
(https://www.virginmedia.com/help/virgin-media-hub-modem-mode ).

This ensures that NO other devices are connected

Test speeds at https://speedtest.samknows.com/ - try on 2 different browsers.

If they are still low – boot your device into Windows safe+networking mode - to disable any potentially interfering software - and try again.

There are many posts on here (I have a list of ~30!) where QoS software, unknown/flaky software, old network card drivers, corrupted browsers, bad cables or other connected devices are limiting speeds on tests.

Report back what that gets.

And...

See message 9 in this thread

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Networking-and-WiFi/Slow-Ethernet-Speed/m-p/5060946#M484321