If you have no issues then go for it. But make a mental note for the future - I forgot I disabled it and it caused a weeklong troubleshooting adventure till I figured it out.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t do this to TROUBLESHOOT, and even leave it for a few weeks to test.
I AM saying that disabling IPV6 has some real consequences that you don’t see up-front.
I don’t think a mainboard will change anything. It really sounds to me like an ISP issue, I would focus on getting a test-suite that PROVES they are throttling you, and go to them with that. It sounds to me like you are already halfway there.
Try creating the key manually. Sometimes default values are used if a key doesn’t exist that specifies a value.
I’m sorry I should have came back and confirmed. Was just excited to have my shit back to normal finally lol but yes this was the issue. I disabled TCP/IPv6 exactly as you described and everything is working like new. I can’t tell you what a relief it is to be able to take full advantage of my internet speeds again, thank you so much.
So far I have not run into any issues with other software from disabling it. I spoke to my friend who’s in security about this and he did a little digging and found out that Verizon has pushed out updates with their router/modems recently that have caused IPv6 connections to have issues with certain intel CPUs. So it would appear that this problem is caused on Verizon’s end
I probably will never make use of it lol but I was always happy having plenty of bandwidth in case I wanted to. Now it seems I can’t even get over 1mbps upload lol
That‘s really really high doe. Where do you live?
pfft, My country offers 250 MEGA bit. Look at you, with your double digits.
edit: the average user will only consume about 100mbps, on a heavy load.
Ok I’ve changed it, because it’s so inconsistent I’m not sure I’ll notice any results right away but will for sure let you know. Any chance you can explain how this will fix my issue? Just curious and I happen to be in the middle of taking an IT course so I would like to understand lol
Yeah I’m using NordVPN for reference and I think IPv6 is the theory that’s holding the most weight at this point. Someone else in these comments spoke about their experience with a similar issue and it sounds exactly like the boat I’m in. Same ISP and speeds. My understanding is they managed to fix it by essentially disabling IPv6 and reverting to IPv4 exclusively. When I get home from work I’ll be focusing on that mostly. As for antivirus software the only thing I’ve used is windows defender so my assumption is that shouldn’t be causing issues like this unless there’s something I’m missing
yeah it was great for the first couple of months in this apartment but now im struggling to do the simplest of things online lol
I’ve hit that last option button twice now XD the issue is still persisting even after the clean install. The most interesting thing I’ve read is possible issues between windows and IPV6 and I’ll definitely be looking into this
What is a good test suite for this purpose?
Your friend sounds pretty knowledgeable. Do you think there’s any chance that he could have a chat with me? I’m doubtful that his conjecture is the full picture, because my linux install (on the same exact hardware, intel CPU+verizon) doesn’t have these problems. It ties into windows specifically somewhere
Switzerland. All providers are offering 10Gbit already but its useless except you have 4 PCs with 2.5g ethernet or 10 with the 25Gbit connection.
Well, I suspect that the DNS provided by your ISP automatically is sub-par and does not resolve all the requests, either dues to issues or some ‘security’ or ‘censhorship’ or whatever.
You still have some internet, so perhaps some queries succeed, but maybe not the closest server or not the best server.
By putting Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and Google 8.8.8.8, you make sure that DNS is fine, and if that fixes it, well, that’s it. If not, then it’s not the DNS issue and you have more troubleshooting to do.
And it’s consistent over time? Any dropped packets?
Lmao i‘m also from Switzerland, Zurich. I just checked and you‘re right, init7 offers 25 Gbit here… Seems like i missed some things :‘). Still here with my 10 Gbit Swisscom. Also it‘s pretty cheap, 800 CHF per year. Think i have to step up.
I see thank you for that explanation. I just did another speed test and was cruising at +900mbps and then it got slammed down to 514mbps download and upload never got past 1mbps lol. upload clocked in at .88 XD
Any ideas where to go from here?
Eh. DNS is cached in the OS. Even if your DNS is glitchy, once it’s cached a name:IP match, it should be good for awhile.
The ping is consistent from what I can tell. I’m in NJ right next to NYC. Not sure how to check for dropped packets though. Would it be in some kind of windows logs?