How to increase Internet speed, the easiest ways

Good Internet speed, or more precisely, the transmission and reception of data through a dedicated communication channel, is the main factor in the convenience of the Internet user. It affects the correct playback of video and audio files, the loading time of pages in the browser, and the downloading of movies and music. Gamers playing online games directly depend on this indicator, which can be even more decisive than reaction speed.

In practice, the time during which a certain amount of data is transmitted does not always correspond to the parameters declared by the provider - the transmission is unstable (floats, then increases, then decreases). What affects changing the parameters of the Network and how to increase the Internet speed if it drops sharply or constantly jumps, read on.

Reasons for slow internet

There are a lot of circumstances that affect the speed of data transfer on the network. The reason may lie both in the quality of services provided by the provider and in the network devices connected to the online space. We are talking not only about the computer, but also about the gadgets included in the home wireless WiFi space.

Before you find out how to speed up the Internet megaphone at your dacha, you need to find out the connection speed on smartphones, PCs, tablets and other devices.

If traffic levels are low everywhere, the reasons may be:

1. Outdated or damaged network card drivers.
2. Overflowing cookies.
3. There is a problem with the router settings or restrictions that have been set.
4. Infection with harmful viruses.
5. Selected tariff offer.
6. Problems on the provider's server.

Sometimes getting fast and reliable traffic is hindered by the fact that the modem simply does not support the connection according to its technical specifications. For example, a subscriber has connected to an operator that provides online access via fiber optic, but the router is not equipped with a gigabit port. If the equipment is obsolete, then no matter how the user tries to configure it, it is impossible to “jump” over weak parameters and add speed. The only way to ensure improved connection quality is to change the device to a more modern model.

Choosing a fast browser

What to do if the Internet speed has decreased

Additional functionality in popular browsers, for example, “Turbo” mode, can speed up the loading of pages on the Internet:

Opera and Yandex Browser have a built-in “accelerator”. By enabling this mode, the user does not download the site directly to the computer, but sends it to secure servers on the Internet, where media compression occurs, then the processed page is sent to the computer, and the loading speed increases significantly.

Google's browser - Chrome - does not have this mode, but the Google store has an official add-on called “Traffic Saver”, after installing it you can reduce the size of media files downloaded from the Internet by up to 70%.

The 2ip service conducted its own research, during which browsers with “Turbo” and similar modes enabled were tested. The test showed that in Yandex.Browser the speed of loading pages from the Internet on a 3G modem is almost instantaneous. This fact allows us to designate this browser as optimal for slow connections, and the problem of how to remove the limitation on Internet connection speed has been solved again.

What is the maximum speed of mobile and home Internet

Although people all over the world have been talking about Internet speeds of 1 Gigabyte for several years, such technologies are not yet available to residents of Russia. Some regions cannot even count on 3G stability.

Among the operators supplying wired traffic to the homes of the country's residents, the highest speeds are Dom.ru (45 Mbit/second), Rostelecom (37 Mbit/second), Beeline (35.5 Mbit/second), MTS (32 Mbit/second) .

These numbers determine the average value obtained by adding the incoming and outgoing traffic indicators and then dividing the resulting figure in half.

The situation in the market for 4G mobile communication providers is as follows:

• 1st place - Megafon with a speed of 21.8 Mbit/sec.
• 2nd place - MTS with an indicator of 13.9 Mbit/sec.
• 3rd place - Tele2 with a limit of 12.6 Mbit/sec.
• 4th place Beeline, 10.5 Mbit/sec.

The given values ​​are typical for large cities of the Russian Federation. It is expected that the fastest mts internet for a dacha is in the capital of the country.

How to find out the real Internet speed

If yesterday the country Internet from MTS was “flying”, and today the downloading of sites is going on with a noticeable slippage, then before asking a question in a search engine - how to speed up the Internet, you need to call the provider and find out if there is a technical failure on his part. If the problem is a damaged cable or a breakdown on the server, you just need to wait. The time needed to recover depends on the cause.

Today, in the online space you can find dozens of services that allow you to test MTS Internet at a dacha in the Moscow region and find out its real parameters. The purpose of the programs is to measure ping - the response speed of the signal from the server (i.e., how many milliseconds does it take for a subscriber’s request from a phone or computer to reach the server). An excellent indicator is the network upload time of up to 45 ms (especially important for gamers), a normal connection, receiving and sending data is ensured by a parameter of up to 120 ms.

Testing takes no more than 1 minute. To provide objective value and understand how to improve the quality of the Internet,

Before measuring ping, you need to perform a number of actions:

1. Connect the PC directly to the network via a provider cable. This way the user will get a better picture to understand how to make the Internet faster.
2. Choose a quality online program. The most popular service today is SpeedTest.
3. Disable programs that use traffic (torrents, updates, etc.). Ideally, only the tab with the testing service should be open on the computer.
4. Deactivate antivirus software and firewall.
5. Turn off proxy.

Important: If the server through which the subscriber receives online access is located in the territory of another state, the signal reception/transmission speed will be significantly lower.

Changing tariff plan

When the Internet is provided to you for the first time, an agreement is concluded with you in which you indicate the tariff plan you have chosen (Speed ​​Internet). During use, you can always change your tariff.

1. First you need to find out your Internet speed using online services. Our previous article will help you with this; you can read it by following the link.
2. Having found out your speed, you need to compare it with the declared tariff. If the result is approximately the same as stated, it means that your Internet is slow and takes a long time to download due to the fact that the tariff chosen from your provider is too low for you. The solution is very simple, go to your personal account and change the tariff, or call the provider’s technical support.
3. But if, after testing the speed, you see that it is 20-40% lower than stated, you need to contact technical support. It turns out that the problem of poor Internet performance is not in your chosen tariff, but in problems with the provider.

Disabling speed limits in Windows

If, after checking, it turns out that the traffic speed is lower than the maximum declared by the provider, a possible reason could be the group policy settings of the Windows operating system. First, it is important to understand what exactly affects traffic limitation:

1. Router settings.
2. Viruses.
3. Incorrectly set power consumption of the network card.
4. Faulty or loose network card.
5. Auto update mode.
6. Active torrents.
7. Cache full.
8. Outdated drivers.

Choosing the fastest DNS server

DNS servers, of course, are all different, some are overloaded, others are slow, and some are even located at a great distance from you. All these factors directly affect page loading speed. Therefore, your task is to determine the most suitable and fastest DNS server, which will be located in close proximity to you. There are utilities that will help us determine the DNS server. We’ll tell you about one of them now, it’s called Namebench . It is suitable for both Linux and Windows. There is no need to install it, just download and run.

For a detailed description of how to use it, see the video below.

How to increase Internet speed on Windows 10

One of the operating principles of Windows is to reserve a fifth (20 percent) of the bandwidth. This feature can slow down traffic speed. But there is a way to force the OS to return the “retained” Internet using the “QoS Packet Scheduler” service.

The algorithm for increasing speed is as follows:

1. Call up the dialog box by simultaneously pressing the WIN and R keys.
2. Enter the gpedit.msc command and confirm the action.
3. From the “Computer Configuration” section, go to the “Administrative Templates” category.
4. Click "Network".
5. Open QoS Packet Scheduler.
6. In the upper left corner, activate “Enabled”.
7. In the “Bandwidth Limit” column, set it to “0”.
8. Click "Apply".

Important: After making changes, you must restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Disabling speed limits in various programs

In addition to programs for measuring speed, there are enough Internet connection optimization utilities available in the public domain that can speed up traffic. For example, BoostSpeed.

To speed up your connection, you need to:

1. Download the software from the official resource.
2. Install the program on your PC.
3. Log in to the Internet.
4. Launch the utility.
5. Enter the optimizer menu.
6. Go to "Tools".
7. Select "Internet Speedup".
8. Activate the "Automatic" icon.
9. Select from the proposed connection types.
10. Click "Analysis".
11. Click "Optimize".

How to increase download speed

Sometimes the connection speed is good, but the files are still downloading slowly,

The culprits of the situation may be:

1. Outdated technical parameters of network equipment that do not allow traffic to accelerate.
2. A large number of gadgets connected to a wireless network.
3. Incorrect software settings.
4. Using an outdated browser version.
5. A large number of simultaneously downloaded files.
6. Update process.
7. Several running applications.

The “treatment” for the problem is the same as for low connection speeds - disabling auto-updates, stopping torrents and streaming services, deactivating the antivirus, closing all unnecessary applications. It is also necessary to unload Wi-Fi by disconnecting smartphones, TV, tablets and other network devices from it.

How to increase Internet speed via Wi-Fi router

When the problem of low traffic speed lies in the router, outdated drivers may be the cause.

You can update them as follows:

1. Log in to “My Computer”.
2. Select "Network adapters".
3. Right-click and select “Update Drivers”.

If the issue is not resolved by updating, you can use services that can increase the speed of the router.

The algorithm is like this:

1. Open "Device Manager".
2. Find the WiFi device in the list, right-click.
3. Click "Advanced".
4. Set the maximum values ​​in the WMM, High Speed ​​and Preamble lines.

In some cases, by default the router has high security settings, which reduce distribution parameters. Disabling protection will help increase connection speed, but this can only be a temporary measure, since the information is left unprotected. After downloading the file, you need to restore the settings or set new ones. The stability of the device depends on this.

Data encryption parameters are set in the router interface in the “Security Mode Settings” tab. The optimal protocol over which it is recommended to distribute a network connection is WPA.

Among other things, you can try increasing the channel width. This is done in the router menu in the WLAN field, Network tab. By default, the value in the Band Width line is 20 MHz. The parameter is changed to 40 MHz. In the External Channel column, select the Lower parameter.

If this does not help, the only thing left is to reflash the device. To do this, you will have to invite a technician or take the device to a service center. More advanced users can reinstall the software themselves, but this is unsafe, as incorrect actions can irreparably damage the device.

Setting up the serial port (COM1)

• On the desktop, right-click on the “My Computer” shortcut, select “Properties”, a window will appear in which we click on the “Device Manager” line.

• In the manager, select the “Ports” item, then click “Serial Port (COM)”.

• At the top of the window, click on the “Port Settings” tab. Here you will see the line “Bits per second”. Next, increase to increase Internet bandwidth to the maximum value of “128000”, click “OK”.

How to increase Internet speed on a laptop

If your laptop starts to slow down when loading tabs, it is likely that a lot of digital junk has accumulated on it and the device needs to be cleaned. To clean and speed up your PC, special programs such as CCleaner or Advanced SystemCare have been developed.

In addition to removing unnecessary shortcuts, broken files and other garbage, the utility cleans the registry, analyzes system performance and optimizes it. Working with traffic booster software is easy, thanks to a clear Russian-language interface.

It happens that the issue of low traffic speed arises only when working with certain applications, for example, with a torrent. In this case, restrictions can be set in the program itself. You can check this in the software menu.

Selecting a power plan

By changing your power plan, your Internet speed on your computer will increase slightly. Let's look at all the pros and cons in this action.

1. Let's start with the "Control Panel" section, on the top left "System and Security" and "Power Options".
2. We look at the “Basic plans” item, if there is a dot in the “Balanced (recommended)” section, then we change it, put a dot in the “High performance” item.

By default, almost all computers have a dot in the “Balanced (recommended)” item, this is so that the PC consumes less electricity. But because of this, performance decreases, and the network card is on this list. When we set the “High Performance” point, performance increases, but there is also a minus, the battery drain on the laptop will be faster. Therefore, it is better to change the power plan when you are connected to a 220 volt network, and not when running on battery power.

Installing software to increase speed

If you need speed acceleration software, in addition to the utilities listed above, subscribers often use Ashampoo Internet Accelerator to improve speed. Its advantage is that it establishes a network connection in automatic and manual mode at the user's discretion. To use the software, you just need to download it to your computer or laptop, install it and determine how it functions.

Important: During installation, the software will ask for permission to install a number of other programs from the developers, which the user can refuse. This will not affect the quality of the program.

Then you need to launch the application, select “Automatic” and determine the characteristics of the network connection. Afterwards, a request to confirm optimization will appear on the screen, which must be confirmed with the “Yes” button. To understand whether the booster program helped, you should reboot and check the quality of traffic.

The question of why the stable connection was lost and how to strengthen the Internet is quite common on forums. If it was not possible to increase the working speed of loading/unloading data, the only way to improve the situation is the help of professionals.

Checking settings, network card

A decrease in Internet speed may be due to incorrect configuration of the network adapter or you simply have outdated drivers.

1. On the desktop, right-click on the “My Computer” shortcut and select “Property”. Next, click on the “Device Manager” line, find the “Network adapters” line, open it, and look for your network adapter. Double-click on it.
2. Select the “Advanced” tab at the top, then click on the “Speed ​​& Duplex” line. Here you need to select “Value”, we are interested in the maximum “100 Mbps Full Duplex”.

After setup, check the driver version on the manufacturer's website. If it turns out that you have an old version, then you need to update.