Slow internet detection on startup.

Larrs888

Larrs888

Larrs888

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Hi guys,

I'm in need of some desperate help from any network gurus on here please. Basically my PC takes 5+ for Windows to settle and become usable upon starting up. The network icon in the system tray has a the spinning circle on it for ages and this should be pretty instant upon Windows starting up.

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Because of this delay a lot of programs that use the internet connection on start-up get cued and Windows is unusable for a good 5 minutes sometimes more until an internet connection is found.

I'm on virgin media cable 20MB and had this problem for quite a while, I have disconnected my Netgear router and connected the cable modem directly to the PC and the problem persists, with the router connected wireless
devices have zero problem getting internet access within seconds.

I have cleared up start-up programs, uninstalled avast antivirus, steam etc and still can't find out what the slow down is. I really don't want to reformat at this moment in time. I'm using a realtek onboard lan card and have updated the drivers and even the firmware on the router.

I have looked on-line to no avail. PC specs in the sig.


Thanks

L
 
Setup a static ip instead of using DHCP.
Go to network connections, click on your network adapter, then click ipv4 properties and edit it to be a static IP.
 
RomanNose said:
Setup a static ip instead of using DHCP.
Go to network connections, click on your network adapter, then click ipv4 properties and edit it to be a static IP.
Click to expand...

Apparently you only get a static IP with a Virgin Media business package not a home one, I think I tried 192.168.1.2 but it lost it after a day or so. Any suggestions?


Thanks
 
I've had this in the past and it was down to McAfee anti virus preventing the Internet connection from starting before all of its services were running.

I think an update sorted it in the end.
 
Hi guys,

OK I have created an internal fixed IP but it really is not any faster it still takes several minutes before the internet connection is picked up. Any more suggestions please?

Thanks guys, it's much appreciated.
 
Boot into safe mode with networking, and see if it loads up fine? If it does, then it could be some driver problem, or a startup program intefering with it.

If not then something else that's not related to your PC is causing it...
 
Larrs888 said:
Hi guys,

OK I have created an internal fixed IP but it really is not any faster it still takes several minutes before the internet connection is picked up. Any more suggestions please?

Thanks guys, it's much appreciated.
Click to expand...

Show us the static IP config.
 
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