For those who don’t want to read too much:

If you have tried all other methods. An electronic connected to you network could be causing the issue. Disconnecting them from your network one at a time could help troubleshoot the issue. In my case it was my printer that is connected to my computer through ethernet but also was connected through Wi Fi. Turning off the Wi Fi (on the printer) fixed my issues.

For about a week I was having some internet issues where pages took very long to load, stuttering and pages refusing to load at all. I was worried that I had a virus or some other nefarious issue. But despite reinstalling my operating system multiple times as well as resetting my modem and router to factory settings it would still be giving me the same issues. Using windows security and Advanced System Care didn’t find anything either.

With that I decided to use Wireshark to see if I could detect any irregularities. I had to check a couple of tutorials but I won’t lie, I still have to actually learn how to use it. Having said that, after looking at the addresses that had too much wait times and packets sent. One thing I learned was that most of the addresses seemed to correlate to local and plug and play networks. AKA this was something connected within our house. To my luck on one instance I saw my printer scroll through the screen at some point. So on a whim I decided to turn off the Wi Fi on the printer. And as if by magic that fixed the issue. I’ve never had this issue before so this caught me by surprise. One thing that does have me curious is whether the router I bought from my ISP cannot handle the number of electronics anymore or if the printer specifically is causing the issue. Luckily I use my printer through ethernet so it doesn’t matter.

If you are having these issues and have tried all other avenues, just disconnect one electronic connected to your network at a time can hopefully help find find the one causing issues.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE