How to Increase Internet Speed in a Computer

There are lots of reason behind laggy internet connection, it is really irritating to work with slow internet connection, it can be resolve up to great extent by just following few simple steps.

Basic methods for accelerating internet speed-

  • Update your browser regularly.
  • Clear History, cache and cookies of you browser.
  • Remove all unwanted extension from your browser.
  • Remove all application (you do not use or necessary for you) which uses your PC Bandwidth such as Skype.
  • Router- The place of router and your PC should be most suitable for signal transmission.Use new and faster wireless protocols such as 802.11n or even 802.11ac.

Basic methods for accelerating internet speed-

By Changing Bandwidth % Zero-
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  • Enter Windows Key + Q.
  • Search for Run.
  • Type gpedit.msc and Enter OK.
Go to the following option one by one.
  • Computer Configuration -> Administrative -> Network -> Qos Packet Scheduler
  • Double Click on Limit reservable bandwidth
  • Enable Limit reservable bandwidth
  • Change Bandwidth % to 0.
  • Save the setting and now you can see the better performance.
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By DNS Method-

DNS converts alphabetic domain names into numeric IP address; it can reduce the number of Server for a website and Enhance browsing speed.
To enable DNS server Click on following option one by one.
  • Control Panel > Network and Internet >  Network and Sharing  Center > Change adapter settings.
  • Select your Network connection
1. Local Area Connection (Broadband, Dongle, Dial up etc)
2. Wireless Network Connection (Wi-Fi)
  • Right Click on your Network Connection and Select Properties
  • Choose networking tab
  • Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4
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  • Now mark the Use the following DNS server addresses.
  • Add following Google DNS servers:
Preferred DNS server: 8.8.8.8
Alternative DNS server: 8.8.4.4
  • Mark validate setting upon exit
  • And click on OK
(For IPv6 You can choose following server
Preferred DNS server: 2001:4860:4860::8888
Alternative DNS server: 2001:4860:4860::8844)

Now it’s done you can browse with faster speed with the Google DNS server.