Why the Internet slows down - the reasons and solutions

Each user often faces problems with Internet access, so-called brakes. Quite often, the reason for this is the factors that appeared on our side and which you can correct yourself. Why the Internet slows down and how to fix it - we'll talk about this later.

The cause of the brakes with the Internet

To begin with, you need to determine the possible cause of the so-called Internet brakes. First of all, go to the Internet speed measurement service and check it. About how how to measure the speed of the Internet we have already told you in our past articles. We recommend using several services in order to get more or less accurate information about your speed. Also, to check the actual speed of Internet access - start downloading a large file from the torrent. If the speed corresponds to the declared, then the problem is possible with the computer, if the speed does not correspond to the declared, then for this it is necessary to check the connection.   

Will help to determine the problem - ping. If you know the address of your DNS server, then ping it, if not, ping the DNS server address of Google. To ping, open a command prompt and enter the command:





Thus, you will give a command to exchange packets with the specified remote device. If 100% is received, that is all 100 packages, then everything is normal with the connection, the speed of the Internet itself is underestimated by the provider itself, or by your devices. If the packets are not transferred in full and there are lost packets, then the cause of the brakes is in the problem on the line.   

Why the Internet slows down on a laptop or computer

The most common cause of the problem with Internet access on the laptop is the problem with Wi-Fi access, we will describe the problem solution below.

Why it slows video on the Internet at normal speed

Perhaps the reason for the problems with video playback on the Internet is due to the fact that your computer is not powerful enough and it does not have enough resources for normal video playback. Most often this happens when you want to watch a large resolution video in HD format( 720p or 1080p).If your computer has weak parameters, then in this case it needs to be upgraded.


Why the Internet slows down in the evening

The Internet can be slowed down most often in the evening when a large number of users enter the Internet and at the same time the lines and the Internet channel do not withstand such a load, then the overall speed of users starts to fall. Solve the problem can only be a collective application of users, so that the provider either increased its external speed of the Internet channel( if the reason is this), or extended to the "problem area" an additional line.


Why the Internet slows through the

router The router is no less frequent problem of Internet brakes. To determine if the router is causing low speed and hangs, you need to measure the speed of the Internet when connecting through it, and then connect the network cable directly to the computer or laptop. If the speed is normal without the router, then the reason is in it.

Check all of your devices that are connected to the router, it is possible that someone from your family is downloading something from the Internet.

Why the Internet slows through Wai-Fi

Another reason for the problems with the Internet is the Wi-Fi network itself. That is, the network can have a Wi-Fi device with exactly the same name as you, or the Wi-Fi channel on which you work is overloaded. In this case, it is recommended to rename your Wi-Fi network and establish another communication channel. How to properly configure the Wi-Fi network, we have already told you.

Be sure to check the password on the Wi-Fi, because if it does not, the possible cause of Internet brakes is that someone connected to your network, and uses your Internet channel.