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I’m on a University network which is generally pretty fast when it comes to surfing. But a problem on my computer started today for some reason, and my connection is just crawling. Other people on the network are fine, so its just me. So I’m guessing a setting on the connection has changed somehow. Anyone know where I can set my connection speed higher again?
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I don’t know if you are allowed to do this on the Uni PC, but, sometimes clearning the internet files, will speed things back up to normal.
Actually its my own computer that I’m using. And yes, I’ve cleaned the temporary files and ran “Tuneup Utilities”. But still no help. I can access the University site and download files off the LAN at amazing speeds. Its just that actual internet surfing is slow.
Does your university network require you to use a proxy to access the Internet? If it doesn’t, make sure you configure your browser for direct connection. If it does, I’ve found that specifying the proxy explicitly is almost always faster that “auto-detect proxy.” That’s an easy thing to miss.
Did you go over your bandwidth limits? Some universities will limit your connection throughput to ~56kbps if you download over XGB in a week or month. Perhaps contact your IT department?
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