Tips to Boost your Internet speed -Engineering Bhidu

Browsing internet over your Laptop or PC is one of the tasks in which we all spend much time as compared to other activities. Browsing the internet is fun and is a cool way to interact with the world. Today we do lots more stuff over internet from booking reservations to fill forms, banking services, watch and download videos, searching for songs and social media. The browsing experience is much lucrative and interactive if we have a good internet connection and respective speed. Slow connections always frustrate because it takes un-usual time to load pages and that moment is really painful to wait for page or website to launch properly.

First of all you should check your current Internet speed. The advantage of doing this is you will be sure if you are getting a low rate that you should get. To test your download and upload speed, simply go to speedtest.net and run a test. The following steps will help you to increase your Internet speed.

1] Use 100% Bandwidth

The first and the most important thing you should do is use 100% of your Internet Bandwidth. Normally the System eats up 20% of your Bandwidth for various purposes like windows updates and other software installations. Now if you can get this 20%, you can surely boost up your Internet Speed. The following steps will help you to utilize the 20% reserved Bandwidth.

1. Click on the Windows key (start) + R

2. Now a command prompt window will appear, type 'gpedit. msc' and hit enter.

3. Now Double click on Computer configuration.

4. Double click Administrative templates.

5. Double click on Networks.

6. Double Click on QoS packet scheduler.

7. Now you will see an option 'limit reservable Bandwidth'. Double click on that.

8. Now first click on Enabled and then change the limit % to 0.

Click the OK button and you are done. There is no reserved Bandwidth now and your Internet speed will be optimized to some extent.

2] Change the DNS server

Sometimes the internet speed is low due to slow DNS servers. Changing the DNS servers can surely increase your browsing speed.

3] Always use Internet Download Manager for Downloading

IDM (Internet Download Manager) is a third party software which helps to increase your Internet speed. It offers great features like Pause and resume downloads, Boost download speed, Download YouTube videos etc. So if you are using any other software for downloading, you should instantly switch to IDM.

4] Always Prefer Ethernet

Always prefer using an Ethernet connection over WI-Fi connection because using WI-Fi causes significant data loss during transmission itself. So even if you have a WI-Fi modem or router, establishing connection using Ethernet cable is much suitable and efficient.

5] Avoid using multiple devices over the same connection

It is advisable that do not run multiple devices using the same internet connection. Because when you connect more than one device to any active internet connection, then respective speed is divided among the devices using the connection. So you might not get a good speed over one device.

6] Clean your browser's cache

When we browse the internet using our browser application, it saves. Some data from our last browsing history so that when we visit it might take less time to load the required page. But the huge amount of such data can cause your browser to load slowly. So there is a need to clean your browser's cache from time to time.

7] Create a password for your WI-FI

Make sure that you have protected your WI-Fi connection with a strong password. Nearby people may connect to your open wifi and may steal your bandwidth and hence your internet speed will be affected. So always keep your Wireless networks as secure as possible.

8] Clean your Connections

Keep cleaning your modems and routers regularly and make sure that the cables are in a clean manner. Prolonged usage of the same cable for many years may also eat up your speed, so it is advised to change your cable if it is too old. Blow out dust from the connectors and provide proper ventilation to avoid overheating and damage.

You can surely increase your Internet speed if you try these tips and tricks. Do let us know if any of the above tips did not work, also you may suggest some other great ways to increase the Internet speed. Just post them in the comments, and don't forget to share this post with your friends. If you have any questions or queries, feel free to ask. I will respond to you soon.