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[Jason Stillion]

I've had issues with my wife's laptop built in wifi, and suspect drivers.
Run much better on usb wireless n adaptor.

[Tyler R.]

I'd put my money on bad drivers. Wait for Windows 8 to be out for a while and it'll probably solve your problems.

[Eddie7]

Okay so here's the problem I found out.

Chrome was the problem which I would never expect it to be.

So here's my speedtest result with Google Chrome on my Windows 8:




And here's my speedtest result with Firefox on Windows 8.





I don't know why my Ping is so high for my Google Chrome. I've uninstalled many extensions already and updated both browsers to its latest version.

Does anyone know what the problem might be or know how to resolve this? Thanks,

[Hum]

^ Google is the Evil -- you'll probably need to wait until they update Chrome for Windows 8 problems.

[Eddie7]

Hum, on 29 October 2012 - 23:03, said:

^ Google is the Evil -- you'll probably need to wait until they update Chrome for Windows 8 problems.

Is there the same problem for you?

[Eddie7]

Eddie7, on 29 October 2012 - 22:19, said:

Okay so here's the problem I found out.

Chrome was the problem which I would never expect it to be.

So here's my speedtest result with Google Chrome on my Windows 8:




And here's my speedtest result with Firefox on Windows 8.





I don't know why my Ping is so high for my Google Chrome. I've uninstalled many extensions already and updated both browsers to its latest version.

Does anyone know what the problem might be or know how to resolve this? Thanks,

BUMP...

Would love to know more about this.

[blade1269]

Off topic

How are the copy ( transfer speeds) with windows 8?

On topic

Try getting them from the LAN makers site..

[WinMunkee]

I have a similar issue in this thread

[Eddie7]

Okay sorry about this but I got this fixed a couple days ago. What I did was I had AVG Antivirus and I turned that thing off which made Chrome to its normal speed again. Now I'm using Bitdefender with no problems at all.

[Javik]

I only get a 46ms ping on Chrome (over wifi) so I have my doubts that Chrome would be causing the issue, it must be something specific to Windows 8 because I'm currently on 7

[DKAngel]

so quick to blame windows 8 and yet it was a program u had installed

[Nothing Here]

Wow, seems to me like some of the issues people are experiencing with Win8 are the same issues I was having. Strange. Thought it was just me doing something wrong. Hmm. It has to be something they are doing wrong. Oh wait, no, it was just something I was doing wrong. Sorry OP, I must have tampered with your system.

[Javik]

I wouldn't set much stall on what speedtest says anyway, unless the tests were performed at the same time it's possible you could have just had a server issue. Ping a server in both OSes and see what the response time is, that is more telling than using a browser based benchmark. There is no reason for a browser to increase ping time that substantially.

[LogicalApex]

greenwizard88, on 29 October 2012 - 02:05, said:

Did your DNS server change? Were you running a different DNS like OpenDNS?

DNS server settings would have zero impact on ping and transfer speeds.

[James Kiss]

Ever wonder why Internet in Windows 8 seems slower as 28.8kbps dial up modem?
By default, Windows 8 will minimize to 1 active connection per server! MS might have reduced
it to prevent Windows 8 tablet with 3G/4G data plan to exceed the free quota limit.

Speed improvement is noticeable on cable modem, not sure for fibre network.

Here, how to restore your network (Disclaimer: I'll not be responsible if any viruses or bots floodgate on your connections, you should have a good Antivirus running):
1) run "gpedit.msc" from Run dialog
2) Navigate to Administrative Template > Network > Windows Connection Manager
3) Click "Disabled" radio button in the Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain option.
4) Reboot your windows and tada!
5) Share with anyone else.

Just found it by chance since I couldn't find such info in the web, it was hacky in XP but breeze in Windows 8.