This is a 60 second average sample of my wireless speeds as of two days ago (had to post link since I have <10 rep). I'm not a basic user, and I'm wondering why this would even happen. I fear the router may be giving out (on the wireless end and NOT the wired end), also there were a few power outages at this time, so I fear the router's wireless broadcaster may be on crutches due to a surge of some sort, it is NOT on a surge protector (which I do realize it really should be).
Things I've tried:
- Performed a Hard Reset on the router and re-building the network.
- My SSID is not broadcast, the password to the router and the network are both fairly secure. (Non-sequential lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols.)
- I have changed the channel the router is using to almost all of the channels.
- I've swapped DNS's just to make sure it's not my ISP.
- Used a direct connection from the modem to ensure I'm actually getting the correct bandwidth.
- Disabled/Re-enabled NAT.
- Swapped out cables (since the cable from the modem to the router is actually a home-made CAT6 cable from a while back, had to make sure it wasn't my potentially shoddy work.)
- I've used the refresh button on the router countless times, and I've made sure my wireless receiver is still in working condition (as my computer is not the only one receiving poor speeds through wireless.)
- I've double-checked all settings (IP Address range, etc), checked the logs of the network, rebooted, and updated the firmware of the router.
- Last but not least, I have also reset power to both the modem and the router separately, at the same time, and the "picky way" that most ISP's have to tell you how (e.g. gotta do router, wait 5s, then modem, etc).
My Wireless Receiver:
- Rosewill USB Wireless Receiver (300mbps+300mbps)
- I am also on 64-bit Win8.1 (whereas my roommates are on Win8.1 and Win7, and my laptop on Win7)
My Router:
- Linksys E1200 Wireless Router
EDIT: I realize the graph is not always going to show what my throughput is, and only how much I'm using, but the screenshot in question was taken while I was downloading files from my Dropbox.