I hope someone can help me please as I am fast running out of ideas. My current setup is as below:
Asus M4A785TD-M-Evo.
AMD Athlon X2 245.
6 GB DDR3 RAM.
Realtek RTL8112 NIC.
Etec PT-3810 router.
My PC stays connected to my ISP no problem. I can surf all day if necessary without any drop in connection. I can watch youtube videos, upload photos to photobucket etc. My issue is when it comes to downloading files greater than a few MB.
I have tried to download the following files:
VMware player.
Virtualbox.
ATI video driver.
Server 2008 R2 image.
The above are just some of the files but regardless of the file the download stops at random percentages and I must cancel out of the download. The only file I managed to download (after many many attempts) was the server image as the MSDN site gives you a download manager. The other files I have yet to successfully download.
What I have noticed and this may have no bearing on the issue is that the transfer rates is always around 700kb/s when the download halts. I have tried Win XP x86/x64 and also Win 7 x86/x64, updated my NIC driver and also turned off IPV6 in Win 7 to no avail. I have also reset the router to factory defaults. The router only has one LAN port. The motherboard was only bought in Jan 2010 but the router is 4 years old.
The only items left to rule out are the router, NIC and cable. What puzzles me is I only have issues with downloading (don't upload large files so never tried). Can anyone please help me? Am I missing something on the software front? Any ideas welcome. By the way I don't have a spare router, cable or NIC to test.
Asus M4A785TD-M-Evo.
AMD Athlon X2 245.
6 GB DDR3 RAM.
Realtek RTL8112 NIC.
Etec PT-3810 router.
My PC stays connected to my ISP no problem. I can surf all day if necessary without any drop in connection. I can watch youtube videos, upload photos to photobucket etc. My issue is when it comes to downloading files greater than a few MB.
I have tried to download the following files:
VMware player.
Virtualbox.
ATI video driver.
Server 2008 R2 image.
The above are just some of the files but regardless of the file the download stops at random percentages and I must cancel out of the download. The only file I managed to download (after many many attempts) was the server image as the MSDN site gives you a download manager. The other files I have yet to successfully download.
What I have noticed and this may have no bearing on the issue is that the transfer rates is always around 700kb/s when the download halts. I have tried Win XP x86/x64 and also Win 7 x86/x64, updated my NIC driver and also turned off IPV6 in Win 7 to no avail. I have also reset the router to factory defaults. The router only has one LAN port. The motherboard was only bought in Jan 2010 but the router is 4 years old.
The only items left to rule out are the router, NIC and cable. What puzzles me is I only have issues with downloading (don't upload large files so never tried). Can anyone please help me? Am I missing something on the software front? Any ideas welcome. By the way I don't have a spare router, cable or NIC to test.
