Laptop WiFi speed slower after I used ethernet

[AC0182]

I have the 1gig plan and my Hub 6 is producing that speed. All my devices get 700+ on WiFi. My laptop is the best equipped and always pulls the fastest download speeds. Until I plugged an ethernet cable in for about half an hour.

Ever since I unplugged and went back to WiFi, my 900Mb/s+ speeds on laptop are under 200Mb/s. I tried resetting the router, power cycling the router, restarting the network adapter, restarting the laptop. I separated my SSIDs because it seemed like it was using 2.4ghz but that didn't help. It's using the 5ghz band. I also tried manually inputting the DNS.

[AC0182 · Accepted solution]

Update: I did the following two solutions, not sure which worked as the laptop restarted after I did both

1. Chose Network Reset in internet & network -> advanced network settings.

2. In command promp I put in each of the commands below and hit enter.


netsh int ip reset


netsh advfirewall reset


netsh winsock reset


ipconfig /flushdns


ipconfig /release


ipconfig /renew


After this my laptop restarted as part of the network adapter reinstallation process.

Using the ethernet connection did something to my network adapters but I do not know what or why.

[Ashleigh_C]

Hi there @AC0182 

Thank you so much for your post and welcome to the community forums, it's great to have you here. 

I am so sorry that you have faced an issue with your service and thank you so much for updating us, can I ask if this is now resolved as you have marked your response as an accepted solution?