Wired connection going slowww

[Milkman Dan]

Last night my wired connection to my router decided to start going incredibly slow. I don't know why. My friend gets normal browsing speed and everything on his laptop with wireless. My browsing speed varies from around .5 to 5 kb/s. Downloads are better. They vary from about 30-50 kb/s to normal download speeds. I've ran Spybot, MS Defender, and am currently doing a virus scan for the usual suspects. I can't figure out what's going on, but I noticed that my "Internet Connection" icon in Network Connections constantly says that it's disabled. Blegh.

[Evil Superstar]

try connecting your friends laptop to that wire, to find out if the problem is your computer or your router / cable. Things like this need to be handled logically.

[Milkman Dan]

I reinstalled the NIC. It seems to be going a little faster. Think I solved it.

[Milkman Dan]

Found out there was a conflict caused by the driver for my USB data cable called "Prolific USB-to-serial." Basically killed my browsing speed. Went back to normal when I uninstalled the drivers.