Tuesday, November 21, 2017

New router, slower internet connection?

We just bought a new router a few hours ago, and it does work. However, for some reason the speed is just ridiculously slow (compared to before, at least)! If I run a test on speedtest.net I get the following results:



Which are pretty good. But for some reason it's like the connection just "hangs" for a second when I navigate to a site through the browser (have tried different browsers). It's not on all sites, it kind of happens randomly. I think the browser cache might be speeding some sites up, because if I visit a site that I HAVEN'T visited before (since I cleared my cache), it takes like two seconds (if not more) to open the site. If I have visited it, it opens directly (it barely loads).


Not sure what to do, really. Any suggestions on what might speed it up? Any settings I can play with in the router settings?


The router is of the brand Belkin. I'm not sure about the model though, it says "Belkin, Play Max Wireless Router" on the box?


EDIT: Alright, it takes a lot more than two seconds. At least 3-4 depending on the site. Any suggestions?

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