Recently upgraded my ISP service to 105Mbps. Got a new voice/modem that was a Gateway model (built in Wi-Fi, no need for a separate router).

Followed the self-install instructions, and it worked perfectly. My desktop, hooked into the modem with an Ethernet, showed download speeds in excess of 120Mbps. Went out to the other room to check on how the laptop would work, and it too showed download speeds of over 100Mbps.

Downloaded a game from Steam and was getting over 8MBps at times. Blazing fast. Looked on my wireless properties and it listed a Wi-Fi speed of 135Mbps. All is good.

Now today I download a Steam game and it maxes out at 3.3MBps. Still faster than my old speeds of about 2.5MBps, but obviously much, much worse than the 8 I was getting before. Checked my speed with the speed test site and speeds were down to about 45Mbps instead of over 100.

So I looked on my wireless properties (see ATTACHED [REMOVED]) and see the Wi-Fi speed is now only listed as 65Mbps.

Gateway and laptop HAVE NOT MOVED. Shouldn't be a "reception" problem, both are in the same place they were before when I was getting 135Mbps showing up there. I "reset" the Gateway modem, and restarted the laptop, and as you can see by the screenshot attached [REMOVED], still only getting a listed speed of 65Mbps.

Any ideas as to why???

One note, when I was getting the faster Wi-Fi speeds, it was during that first couple of days when the desktop in my room was also powered up. I have since turned that off. I don't think that would have anything to do with the Gateway/Wi-Fi speeds, but thought I should mention it.

Do I have a problem or is this just a "reception" issue and my reception in the other room just isn't as good the last couple of days as they were before despite not physically moving anything??? FWIW, the icon on my taskbar always shows the connection as filled up with all bars.

More likely it is a matter of time of day. Your ISP gives you max service at down times and throttles it back a bit during high consumption periods.

I don't know the answer to this, but I don't think you want to publicize your SSID.

My Wi-Fi varies a lot depending on time of day and weather except if I'm in the same room as the router.

Oh, I didn't know that. Attachment removed. Thank you for me informing me.

yeah you may wanna edit that ssid out there

Not a problem.

To answer your questions, how are your download speeds on your desktop? If it's lower, it's just your ISP limiting your speeds at certain times of the day, like misteryo says.

If it's still the same, there may be other issues. Do you have other people connecting wirelessly to your network? Are there other devices broadcasting a signal, like a cell phone? Are there new physical objects that are now between your laptop and your wireless router?

Someone more technically competent than I may give you a better answer later, but these are things you can check.

Yes, quite some ideas, if you like techno-babble ;)

OK, first off, the WIFI-signal is using nowadays 2 GHz as a lot of mobile technology.

ANY interfering signal lowers your signal strength (error corrections being send forward-backwards and so on)

Nice example, place your mobile next to the antenna and check for the speed (even better, when the mobile is roaming or just receiving a phone call or similar....another good one, put your microwave on and next to your gateway antenna, let me know the outcome!!!! NO, you will not fry your euqipment!!!!unless you put it into the microwave ;) )

Next:
Depending on the devices the ground level could come into play as well (not a lot you can do about, unfortunate especially in the US.....) (going down to U=R*I, if you want to know more, let me know ;) )

Next:

You have to differentiate your 'speed'..... The speed you get, is a combination of different speeds'.

You Have first the speed of your WIFI, followed by the connection speed from the gateway to your LOCAL concentrator (are you using cable, ADSL or ????), this is being followed by the connection to the main frame of your ISP, followed by the connection to their backbone, followed by the connection to the REAL ISP's Tier 3 followed by Tier 2, followed by Tier 1.

So depending on your request you might be going up all the chain and down the chain again....(usefull command: cmd -> tracert wwwdotdestinatioyouwanttoreachdotcom..... so like tracert wwwdotgogdotcom)

With this you will see not only the route you are taking but also some interesting values, they can identify (maybe) your problem, as a starter.

The reason why I mentione all this: If WIFI gets to many errors it AUTOMATIC decreases its speed.

I hope this helps for a starter......

PS: DO not publish the tracert ;) PM if needed, same goes for further computer information OS, model of board, model of router.......it CAN be used for hacking.....and a lot of people are not aware off..........

PPS: Do you use bluetooth?

PPS: I hope not too much technobabble ;)

Yes and no: According to the specs of 802.11ac, which you might be using, the PC is being seen as a multi-station WLAN base, hence you doubled the throughput......Also this only works, so long you have non overlapping channels being used (so, if a heighbour is using a channel as well, it is being blocked.

And yes, the speed you see DIRECTLY on your device, is ONLY, as mentioned above, the speed to your base-station.

Oh yes, you have to love technology ;)

Wifi is really tricky.
When I'm downstairs, I can get a lot higher download speed (8+MB) than when I'm upstairs (1.5MB max).
It's only a couple of walls, but...

FYI: If you live in a builing with a lot of metal (like concret with metal inside, it would explain.

The problem goes down to the the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage , as soon as you soround yourself with metal, in one or the other way, you have exactly this kind of problem. Even aluminium foil can do the trick ;)

Well, I'm at a loss.

Internet speed can be ruled out. I am still getting 125+Mbps on my desktop with the Ethernet hook-up. So those speeds have not slowed.

But no matter what I do now, the top speed I get on my laptop Wi-Fi is 65Mbps.

If anyone doubts my word, my nephew was here and witnessed me getting the extreme speeds on the laptop out in the den. He watched me download a Steam game and he saw speeds in excess of 8MBps on the download manager, blazing fast. He also saw the pop up screen showing the laptop with a Wi-Fi connection of 135Mbps.

Now, sitting in the exact same place (or even moving it closer), with the desktop in the other room on or off, 65Mbps is what shows up. ALL THE TIME.

What the fuck???? I changed NOTHING. The laptop is still sitting in the exact same place. The Gateway is sitting in the exact same place. No doors or walls or furniture or anything has changed. I even picked up the laptop and moved it into the same room with the Gateway, still 65Mbps, not the 135Mbps I had the first couple of days.

I'm not happy. While the speeds I'm getting are faster (for example, my old tops speeds on this laptop in this room would be about 2.5MBps, and I would get that both at Steam and when downloading here at gog. Now I'm getting about 3.2 or 3.3 at Steam and about 3.1 here at gog) I'm not happy even though it is an improvement.

Because those aren't CLOSE to what I was getting the first couple of days (AGAIN, with the exact same EVERYTHING). I was getting over 8 on both Steam and gog downloads (although my nephew didn't witness the gog download, but he did see the Steam download because he was excited at being able to download stuff so fast because he plays on my Steam account ALL THE TIME now that he lives with me).

I just don't get it.

Maybe the problem is one of your neighbors using WIFI with their router. If your WIFI channel and their WIFI channel is same or close to each other - you will get a lower speed. Of course, you will get this only when your neighbor's router is on. It's of course just a suggestion, but you can check it by manually changing WIFI channel in your modem settings (and reconnect laptop every time you change it)

As I already posted:

So meaning your PC is downloading as well......

In easier words:
With WIFI you have 12 channels (Not true, but to keep it simple)

Your device can use 3 to ONE station, PC being on, 2 stations available, meaning your laptop using 6 channels for downloading.

The PC is using as well 6 channels, 3 for the laptop and 3 for the router.

If a neighbour for example is having his network on as well, channels will be dropped......

For a real test, it is always best to use good old cable ;)

You can check, which networks you see around you. In networkneighbourhood IIRC.....depends on your OS ;)