Internet speed drops when I duplicate my monitor to my TV

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Anyone ever experienced this?

I have my pc connected to my TV so I can watch videos etc on my TV. Whenever I duplicate my screen to the TV my internet speed pretty much dies, nothing downloads and webpages time out.

I got a sky hub. Never used to happen with my BeBox.

As soon as I change the screen setting back to my monitor the speed automatically picks up instantly.

any thoughts?
 
My first thought is "I don't believe you"

You're not hitting a hotkey that enables wireless and connecting to an old router that has no web connection or anything like that are you?
 
bledd. said:
My first thought is "I don't believe you"

You're not hitting a hotkey that enables wireless and connecting to an old router that has no web connection or anything like that are you?
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Nope, I'm switching my monitor view as I've always done it (Windows 8.1) through the screen resolution, clicking on 'duplicate my screens' and I get my monitor image on my TV as well.

Trying to access websites times out almost always and downloads slow down to a few kb/s - but the connection does not drop.

I only started getting this when I got the Sky Hub but can't fathom why it would make a difference.

Once I switch back to single monitor on my pc the speed picks up and pages load (even without re-loading them manually).

It's bizarre.
 
MB101 said:
Do you close the laptop lid? My signal drops if I do.
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It's a desktop.

bremen1874 said:
Is the connection to the router that has the problem, or the actual internet connection?

Are Powerline adapters involved?
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No powerline adapters. Not sure how to tell the difference between router and internet connection. I just get time outs on websites and my downloads immediately dive.

The only thing that has changed is my bebox to sky hub, nothing else, at all. That's why I'm trying to figure out how the Sky router could affect this.
 
bremen1874 said:
Have you got any other devices attached to the router, even a smart phone would do? Do they suffer from the same problem at the same time?
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Haven't checked. I usually have my sphone connected to wifi but haven't happened to check it when it happens. The question is why the change of monitors would affect it?!
 
ntg said:
Not sure how to tell the difference between router and internet connection. I just get time outs on websites and my downloads immediately dive.
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Setup up 2 command prompts, one pinging your router, one pinging external (eg 8.8.8.8).
 
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RJ11 leads are generally flat cables and have zero interference rejection but you would expect the HDMI cable to be well screened and contain its own signals.

Be interesting though to see the result of this.
 
Sp00n said:
Setup up 2 command prompts, one pinging your router, one pinging external (eg 8.8.8.8).
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router works ok
internet times out

Tealc said:
RJ11 leads are generally flat cables and have zero interference rejection but you would expect the HDMI cable to be well screened and contain its own signals.

Be interesting though to see the result of this.
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took the cable around the desk, still same problem, no change. Btw, this would have happened with the previous router as well, not just the new one, so interference can't be it.

I'm dling the latest drivers to see if that changes anything.
 
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