ive a friend whose internet connection is being bitchy

most sites wont load (including google, or wikipedia) and if they do, theyre absurdly slow

the info is kind of vague i know, but if ye could aid, id be grateful!

(id repay you handsomely, wink)

Some more info certainly would help. There could be loads of stuff:

- computer infected by trojans which are eating bandwith by sending spam - so checking system with some up to date antivirus software or spybot won't do harm
- your friend could have something running in background and i.e. downloading some updates to software or system, checking system tray (or processes) should do
- computer may be hooked to some NAT/router together with bazillion of other users who torrent the shit out of the bandwith (can't do much unless you know teh NAT admin)
- or just ISP is being shit at the moment etc. well contact customer support then
- or maybe there's some problem with DNS servers (which usually look like websites loading with huge delay/not loading at all), then you have to find another DNS to use them
- or maybe it's time to mother of all workarounds - reboot

If it's a wireless connection, try connecting to the router with an ethernet cable instead and see if the problem persists.

Or if it's ethernet connection try to connect through wi-fi . Or change ethernet cable, or plug cable to another port on switch/hub (wherever it's connected).

danke schön!

appreciate the help

Also, if you're using an ADSL microfilter into the phone socket, change that. Mine screws up once every few months

There's a whole bunch of things you can do. In any sensible order:

• Reboot
• Reset modem and routers
• Disable firewall/antivirus
• Disable P2P software (DC, torrent)
• Connect directly to the modem (i.e. no routers)
• Check cables
• Change DNS
• Stop the goddamn boats from milling undersea cables to shreds!
• Switch to linux
• Check ISP website for maintenance notices
• Contact ISP helpdesk

Clear the caches on the web browser maybe? Simple?

he had dns related issues, now fixed

i forward his thanks to y'all!