Is my router packing up? [SOLVED]

[DJ...]

EDIT: solved the problem by changing the channel. Duh...

Router: D-Link 2750U with AF_1.63_T10 firmware

My issue looks like this:

Whenever I try to copy files over the network it starts at normal speed (3/4MB/s) and immediately begins to slow down to just a few KB/s. At the same time my internet practically crawls to a standstill as well. The strange thing is, as you can see from the picture, the speed changes in set increments. In other words it will go from 99KB/s to 88KB/s then 77KB/s then 66KB/s and move in the same pattern no matter what. It sometimes gets up to a few hundred KB/s but drops pretty quickly thereafter, and again, in patterned increments - 111, 122, 133, 144, 155 and so on.

This only started happening the last two days.

What I've tried so far:

Reinstalling computer wireless drivers (N-130)
Hard resetting the router and starting from scratch
Resetting everything on the network.

Nothing has helped. What is odd is that if I go into the performance monitor in Windows 8 and click on WiFi, I can see send rate moving between 2MB/s and 3MB/s yet the transfer rate on the only file moving over the network is tragically slow.

Any idea what is going on here? Is it time to buy a new router?

 

[OMB]

return it to the service centre for the company you bought it from...

Otherwise you need an electrical savant as those things are fscking complicated these days...

..|.

 

[DJ...]

return it to the service centre for the company you bought it from...

Otherwise you need an electrical savant as those things are fscking complicated these days...

..|.

Hey, when I gave you that advice it was sincere...

 

[Rickster]

Try Teracopy ill PM you a link.

 

[DJ...]

Hi Rickster, thanks for that. I will give it a shot when I've got things working but this is certainly a network / router issues as it is not normal for my system or network to do this. I can no longer stream from my server to XBMC because of this as well. Something is preventing my Windows 8 laptop from talking to my server and the only thing that I can think of is the router giving issues.

The fact that the speed moves in patterned increments makes me hopeful that this is some sort of process or setting getting in the way of the two talking properly...

 

[Rickster]

Hi Rickster, thanks for that. I will give it a shot when I've got things working but this is certainly a network / router issues as it is not normal for my system or network to do this. I can no longer stream from my server to XBMC because of this as well. Something is preventing my Windows 8 laptop from talking to my server and the only thing that I can think of is the router giving issues.

The fact that the speed moves in patterned increments makes me hopeful that this is some sort of process or setting getting in the way of the two talking properly...

I use DC++ to share files on my network, you should try that too.

 

[TheGuy]

have you tried upgrading the firmware on the router?

 

[DJ...]

have you tried upgrading the firmware on the router?

It was given to me by Telkom so I read that I can't simply upgrade to the new firmware...

 

[TheGuy]

I see can you try copying from cable to cable to see if it has the same problem?

 

[DJ...]

I'll have to give that a go tomorrow and let you know...

 

[biometrics]

Windows 8 ... there's your problem

 

[The_Unbeliever]

I also have the same issue on my home network. Wifi issues as well.

For now youtube streaming works, but when I try to stream movies from a PC, it stutters and then dies.

Culprit is the wifi router. Busy saving up for a new, proper wifi AP and new router.

 

[Maverick Jester]

A long shot here, but... possibly antivirus performing a real time security scan on file transfers?

 

[DJ...]

A long shot here, but... possibly antivirus performing a real time security scan on file transfers?

Only have Windows Defender switched on. Tried switching it off to no avail...

 

[Maverick Jester]

Only have Windows Defender switched on. Tried switching it off to no avail...

Ah well, worth a shot. Still think that your router is giving up the ghost. You don't another one to swap it out with?

 

[DJ...]

You won't believe what the problem was: I simply needed to change the channel.

Something else was obviously interfering with it on channel 6 so changed to another channel and voila - transfer speeds through 3 thick walls and 20 metres away working at close to 5MB/s again.

What made me not think it was a channel issue was that it just started happening all of a sardine...

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Hmmm... will try different channels and see if I get the same results...

 

[Maverick Jester]

You won't believe what the problem was: I simply needed to change the channel.

Something else was obviously interfering with it on channel 6 so changed to another channel and voila - transfer speeds through 3 thick walls and 20 metres away working at close to 5MB/s again.

What made me not think it was a channel issue was that it just started happening all of a sardine...

Interesting... too many neighbours using channel 6 for their Wifi?

 

[DJ...]

Interesting... too many neighbours using channel 6 for their Wifi?

Downloaded InSSIDer and channel 6 appears to be completely clean. Seems the laptop just doesn't like channel 6 for some reason...

 

[Maverick Jester]

Downloaded InSSIDer and channel 6 appears to be completely clean. Seems the laptop just doesn't like channel 6 for some reason...

I would suggest a switchback to channel 6 just to check, but given your laptop woes as of late, let's not tempt fate here...