You're experiencing issues with QoS. This is not only a stock "ON" setting since Microsoft Windows operating systems' inception, but it is also generally a stock "ON" setting with your router.
BUT : Don't forget, you can only download as fast as the server uploads to you. I could be paying hundreds of dollars a month for a 300mbps service, but I will only be able to download as fast as the server will give it to me, and generally game servers
are very high output rate to you. I suggest using http://www.speedtest.net to test your speeds before and after.
On to the stuffs.
I.A:]> MODIFYING YOUR ROUTER/MODEM SETTINGS
Check your router by going to (generally unless changed by yourself) http://192.168.0.1 and locating the QoS and disable it, it will be so simple as selecting a check box. It is also sometimes referred to as "Gaming Mode" or something similar in many routers.
As well, you will need to disable it in your Operating System, and I will list a few different ways.
II.A:]> DISABLING QoS VIA NETWORK ADAPTER PROPERTIES
Go to network connections, right click the network adapter, select properties, and deselect the "QoS Packet Scheduler".
II.B:]> DISABLING QoS VIA GROUP POLICY EDITOR
Alternatively, you can type GPEDIT.MSC in the search bar to get to the Group Policy Editor and going down the tree go to computer configuration, administrative templates, network, QoS packet scheduler. Double click "limit reservable bandwidth", select
"enable", and now set the percentile amount below to zero percent (0%). Simply setting this to "disable" will cause it to use the default 20%, so you must enable and set to zero as I mentioned above.
II.C.i:]> REGISTRY MODIFICATION DISCLAIMER
The following solutions involve modifying the registry. Please regard the underlined notice below before making any changes.
If you are worried about making changes to the registry, select "FILE" and then "EXPORT" when you are in the Registry Editor, and place it on an external thumb drive or something similar. The saved registry will be of the .REG extension, and I suggest you
save it as the operating system and/or model number of the computer along with the date in the file name so it doesn't get lost. To restore it in the event of any issues (which you shouldn't have) just open the .REG file you just made and it will restore your
registry to where it was before you fiddled with it. DON'T FIDDLE WITH WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. Always use Google to investigate any changes suggested to you by anybody online or in person to verify their validity, and what the changed values and/or added keys
will result in. By continuing, you realize that I done did told ya and it's not my fault if you don't read this and the entirety of everything else below.
II.C.ii.a]> USING REGISTRY EDITOR [REGEDIT.EXE] TO MODIFY THE REGISTRY ENTRY
You can also manually open the registry by typing REGEDIT into the search bar, or by going to the physical location at root:\\windows\system32\REGEDIT.exe. When you are there, click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SOFTWARE, then Policies, then Microsoft, then
Windows. Right click in the white area if there is not a Psched key and select "NEW" then "KEY", and then enter it. If it is there already, just select Psched. Now that you are in, select with a right click a white area and select "NEW" then "DWORD (32-bit)
Value", and now name it NonBestEffortLimit. Leave the value alone at 0x00000000 (0) because you are done. Close out and you're good.
II.C.ii.b:]> MAKING A REGISTRY ENTRY FILE WITH NOTEPAD.EXE TEXT EDITOR
Again, you can also do it this way with notepad. Select which method works for you. In Windows 8, the start button option doesn't work for opening notepad, so you can use methods
II.C.ii.b.2]>, II.C.ii.c.3]>, or II.C.ii.d.4]>. After you complete either of these four methods, continue to section
II.C.iii]>.
II.C.ii.b.1]> OPENING NOTEPAD WITH START MENU
Click "START", "ALL PROGRAMS", "ACCESSORIES", then "NOTEPAD".
II.C.ii.b.2]> OPENING NOTEPAD WITH EXPLORER.EXE SHELL
Notepad is physically located at [root:\\windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE].
II.C.ii.b.3]> OPENING NOTEPAD WITH SEARCH BAR
You can also locate it by typing "NOTEPAD" into the search bar, and waiting for it to be found and then opening it.
II.C.ii.b.4]> OPENING NOTEPAD FROM THE DESKTOP
As well, you can also open "COMPUTER" or any other folder, select "TOOLS" from the title bar, then "FOLDER OPTIONS" select the "VIEW" tab, and deselect "HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN TYPES", and click "OK". Now you can right click the desktop and select "NEW
TEXT DOCUMENT". Name your document "dsablQoS.REG", ensuring you removed the old .TXT extension and changed it to a Registry Entry file type. Click "YES" when prompted. Right click the Registry Entry you just made, and select "EDIT" and you will be in notepad
ready to make your registry entry.
II.C.ii.c]> CREATING THE REGISTRY ENTRY
Copy and paste everything below that is emboldened and italicized below.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000
Now that you have pasted this, go to your Save As menu, change the file type to "All Files" in the drop down, and save the document as ending with a ".REG" (no quotes) extension. I suggest you name the file "dsablQoS.REG" and either save it to a thumb
drive/diskette and/or put it on the desktop.
Now, run the .REG file either by double clicking it or right clicking and selecting "MERGE", "YES", and then "YES" again, and you will have made the change without actually entering the registry.
