In the 21st century, it can be witnessed that each and every individual is always in hurry. In every individual’s life, there are a number of tasks that need to be fulfilled and that is exactly why swift pace is what we prefer. We tend to hold a similar need in case of the Internet speed as well. Many a times, we face the problem of slow Internet speed that ends up heavily disrupting our activities and schedule at large. Hence, in order to prevent the occurrence of this particular situation in our lives, it is essential for us to pay heed to the tips mentioned below, which are believed to assist us in lifting up the Internet speed of Windows altogether.
#1 Reservable Bandwidth
First and foremost, you can begin with enabling the reservable bandwidth and following this by setting it on zero. If this is done, then your system will be in a position to reserve nothing, but the twenty percent default. In order to activate the same you need to follow a certain prescribed process.
Click on “Start” button then click on Run option (You can use shortcut “Windows button + R”) and type gpedit.msc. It’ll open new window of the “Local Group Policy Editor”. Then go to
–> Local Computer Policy
–> Computer Configuration
–> Administrative Templates
–> Network
–> QoS Packet Scheduler
–> Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. Then it’ll open new window of “Limit reservable bandwidth”.
You will see “not configured” radio button is selected by default, by default, “the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection” so click on “enabled” radio button and in Options set Bandwidth limit (%) to 0. So from now system will reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.
#2 Using OpenDNS or Google Public DNS
To increase Internet speed use any DNS service either OpenDNS or Google Public DNS.
OpenDNS
Apart from the aforementioned approach, you can also consider making use of OpenDNS in order to lift up the Internet Speed on Windows. The OpenDNS is known to offer complete protection as far as phishing attacks and botnet infections are concerned. Moreover, the OpenDNS is known to ensure that the websites are easily accessible. However, the cherry on the cake still remains the fact that the OpenDNS is an experimental service and thus the chances of additional features being continually added to the same always remains bright.
Click on Start Button then open Control Panel then go to
–> View Network status or Network and Sharing Center
–> Choose Your Network Connection
–> Properties
–> Check for Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
–> Click on Properties again
–> Enter Open DNS preferred IP addresses (208.67.222.222 for the Preferred DNS Server box and 208.67.222.220 for the Alternate one.)
–> Exit and go to your desktop.
Open Run Windows (“Windows button + R” or open Run Window from Start Menu) Type ipconfig/flushdns in the black box that appears on the screen. The process of installing OpenDNS on your computer is now complete.
Screenshots:
1. Windows 7:
2. Windows XP:
Google Public DNS
You can also make use of the Google Public DNS is order to make certain that the websites are loaded faster. This is possible because the Google Public DNS is known to approach the server that is closest to you whenever you go ahead with a web page request.
Google Public DNS Setup – Windows 7
If you want to use Google Public DNS instead of OpenDNS then follow same steps give above just use 8.8.8.8 for Preferred DNS server field and 8.8.4.4 for the Alternate one. Again don’t forget to flush the DNS as shown in above method.
Very useful and important information. It will be helpful to overcome from a slow internet user. Thank you, Rajesh.
I will implement all of these methods.
Seriously BSNL net speed is worst unable to download large files.
Hope your method helps me.
Open DNS is really on of the best way to speed up the internet and also solves alot of DNS problems on the system.
Yeah, helpful post. But you can also obtain upto 500 Mb/s speed by using RABBIT trick.It is awesome but you can only surf by this way.
Thanks dude for sharing this nice articles with us, Hope we will also get more information from you. 🙂
What is the RABBIT trick?
Will this work with newer versions of Windows?
Yes, it will.
My internet has been disturbing for a while. I am not a computer wiz. But I have managed to change the Internet protocol settings as specified in this post. It is amazing that the speed is now better.
My question is how to increase wifi coverage in a storey building so that the signal can be received at the basement from the seventh floor.
I am using a TP-LINK router.
You can use multiple antennas or just use a signal booster
I increased my internet speed. Excellent article. Also, I read some of your other articles and those are very useful for me. Please upload your video tutorials as well. It will help to understand the ‘how-to’ guides. Thanks.
It’s really a great article, unfortunately, In India lots of users are facing internet speed issue. There are certain simple workarounds which you can try like use Ethernet instead of wifi and make use of CCleaner to remove cache and browsing history.
Well, many of the internet service providers also makes same changes in internet setting of their users to provide them best speed as they promised. The post helps the users to make changes by it self.
Awesome freaking post! Increasing website speed is actually part of googles algo now, so to have a site that has poor speed can really hurt you. This post is a little technical, but awesome to say the least! Thank you.
All the tips are really amazing, I used to blog back in 2012-2013 but due to some personal crisis let it high and dry. Now I am thinking of getting back at it. After reading your post I realized that , we must have dedication and must have our priorities straight if we want to achieve something.
We wish you all the very best Sehrish 🙂