How to increase your Internet connection. Using the TCP Optimizer program to speed up the Internet

In this article we will look at how to increase the speed of your home WI-FI network. Currently, wireless access to boarding schools is the norm for most Russians. The technology provides a single connection source for all devices in the home. Considering the trend of increasing devices that require a constant and stable Internet connection (Internet of Things), the speed, or more precisely, methods of network optimization are becoming very actual problem. Below we will talk about several simple solutions, allowing you to increase Internet speeds without changing your provider or switching to a more expensive tariff.

One of the best solutions is to use the latest devices signal transmission and reception. Routers that distribute the Internet. The transmitters that help them. Smartphones, laptops and tablets that receive the signal. For example, let's say that the iPhone X provides a significantly faster Internet connection compared to the iPhone 5, this is due to the presence of a more advanced communication module in the first one. When purchasing a new device, take into account the fact that a new one a priori receives a signal better than an old device, especially one that has been in use for a long time.

Check the standard your device uses. On Windows this can be done in the following way:

Method 2. Noticeable

Sometimes Wi-Fi routers can look terrible, but that doesn't mean they best place for such a device, deep in the closet or far behind the sofa, by the way, this is why the design of the router is as important as its technical characteristics.

If you want to achieve good internet connection, place the router in a visible place - in the middle of the room, for example. In addition, place the antennas (if available) perpendicular to each other. Good decision will “nail” the router to the wall of the same room where the main receiving device is located, and it does not matter whether it is a stationary PC or a portable tablet. In the latter case, consider how often you use the device in a given location.

Of course, the location of the router is determined mainly by where it will be convenient to connect the ethernet cable to it. So take this into account when initially wiring the latter.

Method 3. Correct

Read best ways to strengthen the Wi-Fi signal in the new article -

Wi-Fi router operates sufficiently a large number wireless channels, which in some cases can lead to problems. Let's look at one of these. Let's say you have neighbors who, like you, have a WI-FI connection. Let’s also assume that you have several such neighbors. In a situation like this Internet hostel, your neighbor’s connection is quite likely on the same transmission channel as yours and a couple of others.

Note! In order to change the channel to a freer one, you need to manually select a data transmission route with the least number of “clients” and, accordingly, the least delay time.

To do this, do the following:

Step 1. Determine the load on the data transmission channel. To do this, you can use the inSSIDer program on Windows or Network Analyze on iPhone. The network load on your phone will look like this.

Step 2. We change the channel on the router (router). Let's assume that, like most Russians, you are the happy owner of a router from TP-Link.

For those who use a D-Link brand router:

Method 4. Accusatory

A fairly common case is when the normal transmission of data by your router is interfered with by other devices that are in close proximity to it. Such devices can be a microwave oven or a handset of a mongrel telephone.

Remove your router from the kitchen, remove the phone from the router and finally determine for the latter “its place”, in which no other device can interfere with its work.

Method 5. Protective

Make sure that you are the only user of the network and that no one else is using it without express permission. There are many ways to ensure the security of your Internet connection. The most obvious ones include: setting a password and setting the “correct” password. In addition, you can come up with a unique name for your network (SSID). Call it something like petya-virus.exe, this should reduce attacks on your Wi-Fi by inexperienced users.

You can change the SSID in the following way.

On TP-LINK routers:

On Asus devices:

On D-Link routers:

Method 6. Radical

To increase the coverage area and signal intensity, you can purchase so-called Wi-Fi signal repeaters or amplifiers. Poke into each socket (one per room will be enough) and be sure that slow speed It's the provider's doing, not yours.

Thus, we talked about basic ways to increase the speed of your home Internet network. In the vast majority of cases this should be quite sufficient.

Video - How to increase Internet speed to the maximum

In most cases, speed problems are related to the tariff or malfunctions on the side of the provider or user equipment. However, there are times when a decrease in speed is due to software settings or malfunctions. In this case, you can try to correct the situation on your own. Let's figure out how to speed up the Internet on Windows 10, what needs to be done for this, etc.

All overclocking options can be divided into the following categories:

lifting restrictions in operating system;
removing restrictions in third-party programs;
fixing errors and updating firmware in the router/modem;
using settings for slow Internet;
network optimization using third-party software.

One of the methods listed will definitely help you make your connection faster and more stable. Next, all methods will be considered in the form step-by-step guides, as well as ways to check speed.

How to check speed

To get started, measure your connection speed using special service. This is necessary in order to verify the data with your tariff plan. It is possible that the Internet is not limited in any way, but fully corresponds to the declared speed. In this case, you need to use services to measure speed, ping and other parameters.

The most popular option is checking on Speedtest.net. To do this, go to the website http://www.speedtest.net/ through any browser and click the Begin Test button.

Next, automatic selection of the nearest server and speed measurement will begin.

At the end of the procedure, you will see the Download and Upload Speed, Ping data on the screen. Check the information received with your provider's tariff plan information.

Most providers have similar services. For example, for the Rostelecom provider you need to visit the page https://moscow.rt.ru/service/srvhomeinet/connect_inet/speed_internet and select the desired region.

The Windows 10 operating system has a built-in network scan feature that can be used through the Task Manager. To view network load, do the following:

Bring up the task manager using the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc. Go to the "Processes" tab and click on "Network" to organize the list as you use the Internet.

At the top of the list will be all processes that somehow use the network for their work. If you have a slow home Internet, then close some of them. You can view more information about network load in the “Performance” tab. At the bottom of the window, click on the “Open Resource Monitor” button.

The “Network” tab contains all processes related to working on the Internet. You can close them using RMB and the “End Process” button.

After a reboot, the computer will again use these processes, so it will not be possible to completely get rid of the problem with loading the network channel. Let's move on to removing restrictions in the system.

Now let's look at the OS settings and restrictions on a laptop and PC. After Windows installations 10 by default limits the connection speed and reserves part of the channel for system purposes (updates, etc.). To optimize the Internet, you need to remove the bandwidth limitation through your computer configuration. After this, the connection should stabilize and the speed should increase slightly.

To remove the restriction, follow these steps:

Open the Run window using the Start menu or Win + R keys. Next, enter the command gpedit.msc and click OK.

The Local Group Policy Editor will appear in front of you. Go to the Computer Configuration – “Administrative Templates Network” – “QoS Packet Scheduler” branch.

On the right side of the window, find the line “Limit reserved bandwidth” and right-click. Then select “Change” from the menu.

In the window, set the “Enabled” option. In the field for changing the network bandwidth limit, set “0” and apply the changes with the “OK” button.

Now we need to check the usage QoS scheduler yours network connection. To do this, right-click on the connection icon (1) in the tray and select “Network Center”.

Now go to the "Change adapter settings" section.

Right click on your connection and go to properties.

Check the box next to QoS Packet Scheduler and apply the changes with the “OK” button.

Ready! Optimization helped increase speed by about 10%, which was reserved by the system. If speeding up in this way helped only slightly, then move on to the next methods.

Diagnostics using standard means

You can also use the standard diagnostic wizard to check the connection. The program will scan the network and display the status and the need to correct errors.

To run the diagnostic tool, do the following:

Right-click on the tray icon and select “Diagnostics problems”.

Wait for the diagnosis to complete and look at the result.

If no problems are found, proceed to the next steps.

Program restrictions

Some of the software installed by users is connected to the network. Such programs can limit the Internet and make it extremely slow. In addition, they may have speed restrictions. To return the Internet to functionality and improve it, you need to use our advice.

The main program that most users use to speed up their connection is uTorrent. Increasing parameters Internet Speed possible through settings.

Open uTorrent. Right-click on the required download and select “Reception Restriction” from the menu. In the next section, you should set the Unlimited option to boost the torrent to its maximum.

This can be done while you are downloading a particular file or game via uTorrent. If you are very bad internet and the channel is not enough for all needs, then turn off some programs before the download is complete. After the torrent is downloaded, you can again launch Internet-related software (Steam, Skype, etc.). This way you will get the most from the tariff.

Browser settings and cache size

If problems arise when working in the browser (pages take a long time to load, it’s impossible to watch videos, etc.), then use the special features. Let's consider enabling turbo mode in Opera, Yandex Browser and Chrome.

To set up turbo mode in Yandex.Browser and Opera, use the instructions provided:

In Opera, you need to click on the browser icon in the upper left corner (1), then select the Opera Turbo button (2).

In Yandex browser, go to Settings. Click on the "Show advanced settings" button. In the Turbo subsection, set the position to “Always on” (1). To disable the function, move the checkbox to the “Disabled” position (2).

In this way, you can limit the number of multimedia files on web pages (pictures, videos) and, therefore, speed up the loading of sites.

In the browser Google Chrome you need to install a separate plugin – Data Saver. It will help remove the brakes and reduce the waiting time when loading website pages. To do this, open the extension store in your browser and click the “Install” button.

Now, by clicking on the extension icon, you will receive information about the saved traffic.

If the connection continues to slow down, then proceed to the following troubleshooting methods.

Increasing the cache size for the Internet browser can lead to slowdowns. It is not recommended to allocate more than 100 MB for cache on system disk. To fix this, you need to go to the browser settings and set the desired value (1), and then clear the cache using the special button (2).

In this way the cache size is set to Mozilla Firefox and Opera. In Google Chrome and Yandex browser, the procedure looks different, since they are built on the same Chromium core:

Open the properties of the desktop shortcut.

In the Object field, add the command:

—disk-cache-dir=”с:\browserсache” —disk-cache-size=ххххх

where xxxxx is the desired cache number in bytes.

Virus check

Malware can also significantly affect the performance of the Internet. To increase speed, you need to scan your system for viruses and remove them. You can use third party programs or the built-in Windows 10 Defender. Let's scan the system for viruses using the Defender:

Go to system settings via Start.

Select the "Update and Security" section.

Next, go to Windows Defender.

Click on the “Open Windows Defender Security Center” button.

Working with a router

If you have a laptop, then most likely you use a Wi-Fi router and wireless connection. This type of connection is unstable and the speed can drop at any time if you are using mobile Internet. If the wired provider is connected to the router, and the connection is still slow, then you need to reconfigure the device itself.

Through a Wi-Fi router you can:

change the firmware;
reconfigure the connection again.

This can be done online using a browser. Therefore, you do not need special skills or knowledge to work with iron.

All router firmwares differ in interface, but the essence remains the same. Let's look at the update using a device from ASUS as an example:

First you need to log in to your ASUS account using the device’s IP address. In this case it is 192.168.1.1. You need to enter it into the address bar of your browser, and then log in using the username and password that the provider gives you when concluding the contract.

Next, go to the “Administration” tab (1) and select the “Firmware Update” section (2).

If this does not help, then use the services of your provider’s wizard. It is possible that the problem lies in the router itself and it needs to be replaced with a new one.

Additional programs

The last option is to get it back fast internet- this is to use the optimizer functionality.

One such program is Internet Speed Booster or cFosSpeed. You can download cFosSpeed from this link. With its help, you can optimize the Internet for games, streaming videos or torrents. Install the utility and follow these steps to configure the priority:

Right-click on the tray icon and select “Options” - “Settings”.

In the section " General settings» You can set automatic priority to the active application. When you minimize a game or program, the Internet speed will increase in other applications.

Bottom line

Each of the methods presented in the instructions can help increase Internet speed on Windows 10 in a certain situation. If all methods are ineffective, then contact your provider's support service for advice and assistance.

Video

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Hi all.

Whether you believe me or not, now I’ll tell you a bunch of options on how you can increase the speed of your Internet.

Whether these methods are stupid or not is up to you to decide, but I warn you right away, no one is forcing you to read this article. But it will be interesting, I promise you!

1. Call your Internet Provider

If you have a weak tariff, for example, 10 megabits, then it is clear that the Internet speed will be low. Call your provider, or go to their office and find out how much a tariff for 50 megabits, or better yet 100, will cost. This is the most proven way to increase Internet speed. I have 80 megabits and I am completely satisfied!

“Hello, hello, I have a little fucking request, urgently change my tariff to 100 megabits, otherwise I’ll burst into your office and fuck everyone up. The choice is yours, I warned you.”

If you already have about a hundred megabits, but the Internet speed is poor, then again this method of calling the provider is also suitable. We call and find out why, let’s say you have an 80 megabit tariff, but in reality you only have 10-20. Perhaps they have some problems there and they should fix them.

“Hello, hello, fuck it’s me again. When you bitch fix your shitty Internet and give it normal speed. If you don't want me to barge in on you again, act bitch. I warned you."

2. Disable Torrent

If you got on the Internet and immediately noticed that the speed is not ok because of how long it takes for sites to load, then notice that you are not downloading anything from the Internet? The uTorrent program can download your entire channel if it downloads any games or movies. If you have it running, then expand the window and check.

3. Disable updates

Also check if any program is being updated. Windows can easily be updated by downloading files from the Internet, or the antivirus can update the database. Tanks have also learned to update automatically. Keep this in mind!

4. Enable Opera Turbo or Yandex Turbo

If you have slow Internet, and there is no way to switch to a higher speed tariff, since you have not earned any money yet, or civilization with high-speed Internet on optical fiber has not yet reached you, then be sure to enable the Turbo function in your browser. This feature is available in Opera and Yandex browsers.

To enable Turbo in the Opera browser you need to press Menu and go to Settings.

Then on the Browser tab, go to the very bottom and check the box Enable Opera Turbo. In this case, there should already be a checkmark on the left Show advanced settings.

In Yandex everything is even simpler. Click on the menu and select Enable turbo.

5. Clear your browser of clutter

The next way to increase Internet speed, so that sites load faster and videos play normally, is to clean out the junk from your browser. It is quite possible that when you first launch Google Chrome, after purchasing a computer or reinstalling the system, sites load instantly, and after a few months everything starts to slow down terribly. You need to clean your browser of garbage and junk.

Open your browser and press Ctr+H on your keyboard. Left click Clear history.

Here you can check all the boxes to remove as much junk as possible! But be careful, if you clear all this, your saved passwords will also be deleted when you log in. social media and other sites, you will have to enter logins and passwords again!

If you remember all the passwords and logins for the sites you visit, then you can check all the boxes, indicate what should be deleted at all times and click Clear history.

6. How to increase Internet speed on your phone (4G, 3G, 2G, modem, Bilay, MTS, Tele2)

If you want to increase the Internet speed on your phone, for example, 4G, 3G or 2G does not work well on MTS, Megafon, Beeline and so on, then there is hardly anything you can do here. Unless you can get out of the forest or from the basement, where you have poor signal reception and slow speed, and go somewhere higher. For example, on the 8th floor!

As a last resort, you need to get closer to the tower from which the net is caught. Then it may finally be possible to increase the Internet speed on your phone and finally update your Twitter, Instagram feed, or eventually launch a new video on YouTube.

In our article today we will talk about how to increase the speed of your Internet connection, for example, Rostelecom, Beeline, Tele2, Yota, ByFly, Megafon or even Megaline Kazakhtelecom. This will help make downloading files, watching videos or playing online games more comfortable. In order to solve this problem at home, there are many options, we will consider them all. Starting from the simplest and, as necessary, moving on to more effective ones. The instructions provide for increasing the speed of the Internet on a personal computer, laptop or phone.

Before you answer the question: how to speed up the Internet, you need to make sure that it is really low. This is where we will begin our step-by-step instructions.

Let's check - is everything so bad?

It is very easy to check the speed of your network connection in Russia and other countries; for this you can use the well-established website Speedtest.net. We proceed according to this scheme:

Let's go to official page Speedtest.net and click the big yellow button that says “START”.

In order for the speed to be displayed as reliably as possible, we recommend changing the server by indicating the location closest to you. For example, in our case it will be Nikopol.

The analysis itself will begin, the test readings are displayed in real time by an analog needle. In this case, it is the download speed that is tested and it is approximately 65 Mbit/s.

Don't confuse megabits and megabytes - they are completely different indicators. A megabyte is 8 times larger than a megabit, therefore, a speed of 100 Mbps is equal to 12.5 Mbps.

When the download performance test is completed, the outgoing data upload speed to the network will begin to be measured. In our case, it is even higher and amounts to 94 Mbit/s.

Once the measurement is completed, you will see the final results.

In order to understand what Internet speed is considered normal and what it will be enough for, see this table:

Speed	Possibilities
Less than 20 Mbps	View FullHD video on one channel. Downloading 1 MP3 file – 20 s. Loading a movie in average quality takes about 3 minutes. Downloading a 4K movie takes over 1 hour. Downloading a game like GTA5 will take you more than 2 hours.
From 20 to 40 Mbit/s	View FullHD video on one channel. Downloading 1 MP3 file – 10 s. Loading a movie in average quality takes about 1 minute. Downloading a 4K movie takes over 20 minutes. Downloading a game like GTA5 will take you more than 1 hour.
40 – 80 Mbit/s	View FullHD video on one channel. Downloading 1 MP3 file – 5 s. Loading a movie in average quality takes about 1 minute. Downloading a 4K movie takes about half an hour. Loading a game like GTA5 will take you more than 40 minutes.
Over 80 Mbit/s	View FullHD video on one channel. Downloading 1 MP3 file – 1 s. Loading a movie in average quality takes about 1 minute. Downloading a 4K movie takes about 10 minutes. Downloading a game like GTA5 will take you more than 20 minutes of your time.

To summarize, we can say that for comfortable surfing, watching YouTube and online games, 20 Mbit/s is enough for one person. But sometimes your speed is taken away from you by a hidden “enemy”. Who he is and how to find him, we will tell you further.

Cable test

Before you get upset and run out to buy new router, let's start with the basics and try to find out - is the wired connection of our computer with the repeater or router okay?

We do this:

If you have a router and a network cable from your PC goes to it, make sure that the wire is intact at both ends and try to pull it out and carefully reinsert it until it clicks.
Also check for visual damage on the cable that comes from the street and is inserted into your router.

When the cord is inserted into network card computer, two green and red LEDs should light up or blink near its socket. This indicates that all cords are working properly.

So, the wires are all in place and connected securely. So, let's move on and start improving our connection.

Setting up the router

This section is suitable for those who use a router to connect to the network. If your PC is connected to the Internet via a cable that goes directly outside the window, skip this part of the instructions.

The easiest way is to reboot our router. There is a special button for this. But it doesn’t just reboot, it returns the device to factory settings. It is worth using it when simply turning it on and off does not help. You can press a button, for example, with a needle.

Using the power button, you can turn off and then turn on our router without returning its settings to the original ones.

Sometimes there is no such button either, in which case you just need to unplug the device from the network, wait a couple of minutes and turn it on again.

If this does not help solve the problem of low Internet access speed, move on to the next method.

Reset to factory settings

You can also reset your router to factory settings through the control panel. To access it, you need to open a browser on a PC connected to this gadget and enter “192.168.0.0” or “192.168.0.1” in its address bar.

In some cases, the address may differ; you can find it on the official website of the device or on back side router case.

Enter the username and password for your admin panel, then click the login button.

Attention: these instructions are shown using a TP-Link router as an example, in your case everything may look a little different.

You can find out your login and password, as we have already said, on the back of the device. However, if it was purchased secondhand and the owner changed the login details, you need to find them out from him.

When we find ourselves in the control panel of the router, go to the system settings section and select the button to restore the settings to the original ones.

Signal conflict and channel change

Sometimes another device may be operating on the same frequency as your router. It could be a neighbor’s router (or even several at once), your phone, a video camera, or anything at all. In this case, a conflict arises, which we will now resolve.

Again, go to the control panel of our router (we wrote about how to do this in the previous section). Open network settings and select wireless networks. Here you can set the network type, its range, channel number and width. Experiment with the settings, saving them each time and checking your speed using Speedtest.net. It is important to remember how everything was here initially, so that if something happens, you can return everything back.

In new routers, conflict situations do not occur so often, but the problem described below is very common in almost every second home.

Correct distance

The network connection speed is affected by 2 factors: the remoteness of devices and the presence of barriers between them. For example, a PC located in the same room as a router may have an ideal connection and access speed to the WAN. But the laptop on the second floor is separated from the router by a wall and floor and is located, moreover, at a considerable distance. Wireless network coverage may be completely lacking.

This problem can be solved using one of the following methods:

Buying a new, more powerful router.
Using an intermediate access point (also needs to be purchased).
Moving your laptop/PC closer to the wireless network source.
Moving the router itself to the center of the living space.
Connecting a laptop/PC and router with a cable.
Installing a homemade antenna.

If all the methods described above are clear, then we will cover the last one, which involves a homemade antenna, below.

Reflashing the router

There is another option that may seem complicated and dangerous. But this is far from true, let’s say more - in the process of writing this article for you, we independently reflashed our router, although there was no need for this. It is always useful to update the software (firmware) of any device; this leads to the stability of their operation, and in our case, it can increase the speed of Internet access.

We go to the official website of the manufacturer of our router. For example, if we have TP-Link, go to tp-link.com. Accordingly, each model will have its own address. We are interested in the support section.

We go to the admin panel of our router and look at its model.

Attention: copy the model of your device exactly; if you make a mistake in even one digit, you can ruin it by flashing it!

In the model search field, enter our version and then click the button with the image of a magnifying glass.

Our device will find it, click on the picture that appears.

Next, click on the support item.

We indicate the device revision.

We select the option that interests us.

Download the software.

In our case, the file was downloaded in a ZIP archive. If the same thing happens to you, unpack it, you need the binary for the firmware.

Select the firmware file and click the update button.

The update process itself will take about 5 seconds.

Ready. Our TP-Link software has been updated to the latest version.

Additional antenna

You can strengthen the signal of our router and increase the Internet speed using a simple design in the form of a homemade external antenna. From the picture below you can understand how to make it.

The frame itself should not be made of conductive material, such as cardboard, plywood or plastic. You can cut it with scissors. The tubes should be cut from aluminum or copper wire.

The long end of the antenna is directed towards the remote PC.

Replacing the device

And finally, if no manipulations with the router help, you can simply replace it with a new one. Today, such devices are quite inexpensive and for about 600 rubles you can buy a long-range three-antenna router in new condition.

Checking tariff and traffic

Sometimes operators simply limit the speed of your connection to the network because you either used up all the packet traffic or simply forgot to pay for it. Go to personal account your provider and make sure that access is paid and the tariff is not limited.

Checking your PC for viruses

Sometimes the quality of your internet can be severely affected due to the activities of malware. Such programs can work for an attacker by constantly transmitting data to the network. It is this kind of transmission that “steals” not only your data, but also part of the traffic.

Let's look at how to deal with this:

The instructions we offer you are shown using a standard example Windows antivirus 10. With other programs everything happens in a similar way.

Open Windows Defender and click on the tile indicated below.

We start scanning the system.

It is important to choose exactly full version and check the operating system completely.

The virus scanning process will begin, which may take quite a long time. We are waiting for its completion.

Download the utility from its official website. No installation is required here, so just run AdwCleaner as an administrator and accept its license agreement.

Click the big button marked in the screenshot below.

We are waiting for the analysis to complete.

As you can see, unwanted software has been found. It is the dubious torrent client uBar. It is he who most likely “steals” the network speed. Click the virus removal button.

We save all the data, close the programs and click on the restart PC button.

When your computer starts again, the program will offer to view a report on its work.

Displayed here full path to a remote threat and the further course of events.

So, we have cleared the viruses, we also need to take care of the browser.

Browser Cleanup

As you know, malicious software can “take up residence” in your browser. These are the so-called panels and searches with home pages, which not only make the browser “heavy”, but also use some of the traffic, slowing down our access to the network.

Checking the add-ons

First of all, you should look at the extensions available in the browser in order to determine if there is anything unnecessary there and increase the Internet speed.

Let's look at how this is done using Google Chrome as an example:

Click on the menu icon (indicated by the number “1”) and select “Additional tools” from the drop-down list, and then “Extensions”.

In the menu that opens, we look at the available add-ons and, if necessary, remove everything that we do not know or do not need. Only plugins used for their intended purpose should remain here.

Analyzing installed software

You also need to look at the list of installed software. It happens that, unbeknownst to you, a small utility is installed in the OS, which just clogs up the code of our browser.

We do the following:

Using the Windows search, open the control panel.

Select the item marked below.

If your dashboard looks different, then switch the display mode to “Category”.

View the list of installed software. If there is anything unknown or suspicious here, right-click on the program name and delete it. You need to be guided by the following principle - I delete everything that I don’t use.

Let's consider another option for where malware can be installed.

Editing the launch shortcut

We removed the program that attacked our browser, but sometimes it can modify the browser launch shortcut by inserting its own parameter into it.

You can remove it like this:

Using the search bar, we find the browser (in our case it’s the same Google Chrome) and open the file location.

Right-click on the launcher shortcut and select “Properties”.

In the window that opens, look at the field indicated by the arrow and make sure that nothing unnecessary is written after the browser name. If yes, delete everything up to the quotes and click OK.

Working with hosts

Very often, viruses modify this system file and add their own addresses to it, blocking the original ones. Let's look at how to fix this:

First you need to run Notepad as an administrator. The file that we will open is a system file, so you won’t be able to access it without superuser privileges. Click the search icon, write “Notepad” there and right-click on the desired result, selecting the item marked “4”.

When the notepad opens, click “File” - “Open...”.

Follow the path shown below and switch the display mode for all files. By default, there is only a text document here.

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

Select the hosts file and click the “Open” button.

The original hosts should look like the screenshot, everything unnecessary needs to be removed.

Don't forget to save the changes.

Third party software

Also to search for malware software you can use a handy tool called Malwarebytes.

First, go to the official website of the program and download it from there. Then we install our antivirus and launch it by clicking the “Run scan” button.

We are waiting for the PC scan to finish.

In our case, several threats were found at once. While the system was protected by a standard antivirus. Moreover, all the problems were truly relevant. Click the clear button.

Disk, cache and registry cleanup

Sometimes the computer just starts to slow down due to the huge number of unnecessary files. Which have been constantly accumulating for a long time. This also reduces the speed of your network connection. That is why to speed up the Internet we need to clean our PC from junk files.

We follow our instructions:

We will use the best solution to comprehensively clean your computer from various kinds temporary files and other objects that slow down its operation. You can download it on our website. Once the download is complete, proceed with the installation. At the very beginning of the process, you should select Russian.

When the installation is complete, launch the program and go to the “Cleaning” tab. Here you should click the “Analysis” button.

The process of searching for “junk” files will begin. We just need to wait for it to end.

To completely clean browsers during scanning, they must be closed. The “smart” utility will notify us about this.

Once the check is completed, we begin cleaning. To do this, simply click on the button indicated by the red frame.

The process of deleting unnecessary data will take only a few tens of seconds.

The next step is to optimize the Windows system registry. There may also be errors hidden here that can reduce the speed of access to the network. Therefore, we go to the “Registry” tab and begin searching for its problems.

We are waiting for the scanning to finish.

Click on the indicated button.

Next we will see a proposal to correct all the errors found at once. Click the “Fix marked” button.

CCleaner also allows you to clean startup. This point is very important. After all, any third-party software, loading along with Windows, begins to check for new versions, download them, etc. This leads to a significant loss of speed and traffic. To fix the problem, go to the “Service” tab, select “Startup”, select the program that needs to be removed, then press the button marked “4”.

In order for the changes to take effect, you must restart your PC or laptop.

Problems with the site

Before you repair your computer and try to increase the speed of your slow ADSL network access, make sure that the site you want to access is not itself causing the problem. To evaluate the load of any resource, we can use a convenient and functional tool from Google. Just enter the website link in the single field and click the “Analyze” button.

Attention: Internet speed may be less than advertised due to the fault of the providers themselves.

Accelerator programs

You can speed up access to the network completely automatic mode. Many applications have been created for this purpose, the best of which we will briefly describe below.

Throttle

An application that requires virtually no participation from you. User actions are limited to installation, launch and preliminary configuration. By selecting one of the profiles, the program independently selects the optimal operating system settings.

Some Windows registry keys are adjusted, which helps to better download data packages from the network. Almost all connection types and many different popular types of equipment are supported (for example, modem or wired internet). A trial version of this software can be downloaded for free on its official website.

Another useful tool that works best inexperienced users. As in the previous case, all you need to do is select one of the available profiles, which, by the way, are enough for any situation.

But there are also a number of additional settings that are suitable specifically for people who are good friends with PCs. Thanks to these parameters, you can get much more benefit from the program than with standard profiles. You can download DSL Speed on its official website.

The application is very similar to those that we described before it, with the exception that there is functionality for displaying detailed information according to the network being used. You can also roll back the settings that caused your connection speed to slow down at any time. Initially, you should test the profiles that are configured here by default. You can download the utility on its home page.

The program contains all the functions for automatic network configuration, customization or displaying data about the current connection. There is one here too distinctive feature, which was not present in our previous applications. This is an activation option safe mode, which will not be easy to increase the speed of your network connection, but also to effectively protect your surfing. You can always download the trial version on the official website of this product.

The last application on our list can improve your Internet speed. It features a convenient and practical user interface, displaying basic information about the network and recording all events in a special file, from which they can later be read. Download latest version of this instrument You can visit his home page.

You can increase the download speed in a torrent client or Steam by removing restrictions on data downloads.

Browser acceleration mode

If you are using slow connection With the Internet, the speed of which is limited by the provider itself, there is no way to increase it. But we can do it differently - take advantage of the maximum acceleration provided by some browsers.

Since pictures and text in uncompressed form have a certain size, by passing the entire stream through a special server, they can be compressed almost significantly. This is exactly what Yandex.Browser does, compressing all the traffic you need and delivering it in a lightweight form. As a result, all web pages will load 2 or even more times faster. This will not affect the download speed of files.

In order to use the function, simply open the menu of this browser by pressing the button indicated by the number “1” and select activation of the special mode. It is disabled by default.

Traffic consumption tracking

If you have a more or less normal network access channel, but it is not enough, it means that some application is consuming our traffic. Therefore, you need to find out who is doing this and fix the problem.

We take the following steps:

We launch the task manager by right-clicking on an empty space on the taskbar and selecting the desired item from the context menu.

You can also launch the task manager using the hotkey combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc.

Switch to the “Processes” tab and sort the content by network usage. As we see, in at the moment the qBittorrent application consumes about 60% of the total productivity of our channel.

We showed the torrent client just for the sake of an example; in your case, the search should be limited to software that unauthorizedly sends or receives data from the network.

Next you need to find out where this program is located. To do this, right-click on the desired entry and select “Open file location” from the context menu.

We will be taken to the directory that contains the executable file of the application that “steals” our traffic. All that remains is to remove it.

Attention: if the file is not deleted, first end its process and try again.

After completing this procedure, it is advisable to restart the PC and check if the problem has gone away.

Disabling automatic updates

Also, if your network connection is slow, you can use the procedure for disabling automatic Windows updates. We wrote in detail about how this is done in a separate article. Instructions for, method for and option for.

Changing the value for backup bandwidth

There is another way to increase Internet speed, we would say the most elegant option to speed up our access to the network. This is working with the Local Group Policy Editor. Do everything exactly as shown in step by step instructions below:

First, using the “Run” utility, we launch the editor itself. To do this, press Win + R and enter the command “gpedit.msc” in the window that opens. Then click “OK”.

Expand the computer configuration branch and select “Administrative Templates” in the tree that opens. In the right part of the window, double-left-click on the “Network” directory.

Go to the section marked “1” and open the document called “Limit reserved bandwidth.”

We move the trigger, indicated by the number “1,” to the on position and set the limit to zero. Confirm the changes by clicking on the “OK” button.

In addition, we should increase the port speed. Let's open the control panel. Since we are using Windows 10, we need to do this by entering the name of the program in the search bar.

Once Control Panel launches, go to the System and Security menu. If things look different for you, change the view to Category.

Click on the link indicated below.

Launch the device manager.

Expand the ports item, select the serial or other port through which you are connected to the Internet, then go to the “Port Settings” tab and set the desired value. Don't forget to confirm the changes by clicking the "OK" button.

After this, you should restart your computer and test the network again.

Upgrading your computer

Sometimes an image on YouTube or an online game can slow down and take a long time to load even with a 100 Mbit/s Internet connection. It's all about insufficient PC performance. And here a number of special tips will help you, although to some they may seem too radical, but there are simply no other options:

Choose another, less “heavy” online game or use the lightweight Palemoon browser.
Switch video display to lower quality. Some processors simply aren't strong enough to render 1080i smoothly.
Updating your computer. It can be partial, for example, just replacing the CPU, adding RAM, etc., or complete - buying a new PC.

Improving Internet on your phone

But what should those who want to speed up the Internet on their smartphone do? We'll give you a couple useful tips. We immediately want to please Android owners and slightly upset fans of Apple products - while on a green robot the situation can still be helped, then on the iPhone, due to the closed operating system from Apple, things are much more complicated.

Android

For this OS, there are 2 options for optimizing network access speed. We will look at them below. There are also other methods, but they involve, so they were not included in our review.

Via developer mode

This algorithm does not work on all firmware, however, it is definitely worth trying.

Our further instructions are based on the example of a Xiaomi Redmi note 4x smartphone and an MTS 3G/4G operator, so on other models everything may be a little different:

We go to the device settings, for example, by lowering the curtain and tapping on the gear icon.

Click on the “About phone” item.

Since we have MIUI 9 firmware installed, to enter developer mode we need to click on its version several times. In other Androids we click on the build number.

Within a couple of seconds you will receive a message indicating that you have successfully obtained developer rights. In our case they already existed.

Next we move on to advanced settings.

And tap on the developer menu.

We need to activate the disable trigger mobile internet. It is he who should speed up the exchange with the network. After all, it is the constant switching on and off, designed to save energy, that leads to an unstable connection.

Using compression in the browser

On mobile Google browser Chrome has a convenient function similar to what we looked at on a PC in Yandex.Browser. It turns on like this:

Let's launch the browser itself.

Tap on the icon with the image of three dots (located in the upper right part of the window) and select the settings item from the menu that opens.

Next, click on the element indicated below.

We activate the compression trigger. The percentage of savings will be displayed immediately. Use your browser and visit this section again, you will see for yourself how much less data you had to download.

A similar mode is available in some other mobile browsers. The instructions also work on any mobile operators, for example, Tattelecom, Bashinformsvyaz or Ufanet.

iOS

On this mobile operating system, we can also use the minimum saving mode in the browser. Other options worth noting: move closer to the router or drive closer to the base station. This is an iPhone or iPad, there is nothing superfluous here (smile here).

Video instructions

In order to understand the issue in more detail, we recommend that you take a look at the video that we have prepared for you. In it the author describes everything available methods to increase Internet speed.

Conclusion

This concludes our instructions. We hope it was useful for you and the question: how to speed up the Internet has been resolved at least to some extent. If you still have questions, ask them in the comments. And we will try to give an intelligible answer in any situation as soon as possible.

1. First, you need to measure your current connection speed.

2. Increase bandwidth by asking Windows to use the entire communication channel:

Go to the Start menu - enter "gpedit.msc" in the search

3. Go to the menu Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Network - QoS Packet Scheduler - Limit Reserved Pro-Russian Capacity.

4. Set the toggle switch to “Enable” and check that the bandwidth limit is 20%.

5. Go to Start - type “regedit” in the search box - Enter.

6. In the window that opens, go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNScache\Parameters

and add the following lines to it (right-click on the empty field - New - DWORD value (32 bits)):

CacheHashTableBucketSize
CacheHashTableSize
MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit
MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit

7. Set the following parameters to the newly created files:

CacheHashTableBucketSize - set value to 1
CacheHashTableSize - set value to 384
MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit - set the value to 64000
MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit - set value to 301

To do this, hover your mouse over each item and right-click - Edit.

8. Start - in the search bar, enter "cmd" - Enter.

9. In the command line that opens, write:

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

press Enter and restart your PC.

To return the value back, run again command line and enter the value:

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal.

All these steps will help you increase your Internet speed.