Usually turning off power saver on the your card (as mentioned above by John) will do the trick:
For Windows 7 do the following:
Click on the Windows Start button
In the Search window type "network and sharing center"
Press enter
In the left pane of the NetWork and Sharing Center select "Change adapter settings"
Right-Click your wireless device and select "Properties"
Click "Configure"
Select the "Power Mangement" tab
Deselect "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"
Click OK
But also do this:
Click on the Windows Start button
In the Search window type "network and sharing center"
Press enter
In the left pane of the NetWork and Sharing Center select "Change adapter settings"
Right-Click your wireless device and select "Properties"
Find check box that says Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and uncheck it. (make sure Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) IS STILL checked)
Click OK
Still slow? Do this:
(but ONLY if your wifi is the only connection you use, as this may not connect to other wifi's properly after this step)
With your wifi actually connected, open up a command prompt by typing cmd in the search bar of your start menu. (a window will show up waiting for you to type commands in)
Type in:
ipconfig /all
All of you Network cards will be listed. Find the one for your wireless card and write down the IP it was assigned, subnet mask, default gateway, and the DNS server addresses. Usually 2 or 3 DNS servers:
EXAMPLE (it should look similar to this):
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection
Write down the IP addresses are the numbers with periods that look similar to this:
- IPv4 Address.....: 192.168.1.24
- Subnet Mask......: 255.255.255.0
- Default Gateway..: 192.168.1.1
- DHCP Server......: 192.168.1.1
- DNS Servers......: 192.168.1.1
Open your network and sharing center.
Click on Change Adapter Settings.
Right click on your wireless adapter, and again go down to properties.
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on properties.
Click the radio buttons to manually enter the addresses, and enter the numbers you wrote down. Select Ok, and then Ok again, and it should automatically disconnect then reconnect.
Restart Computer and put the computer to sleep, then wake it up and see if it made any difference.
To undo this step and set everything back to automatic connection so you can connect to other wifi networks just go back into Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) properties and click the radio buttons back to Obtain IP Address Automatically, as well as Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically.
Click OK, and then OK again.
Restart Computer.
Hope that helps!
If you connect to a network using an Ethernet cable, are you able to connect to a network right away? If not, you're not experiencing a Wi-Fi issue at all. – InterLinked – 2017-05-14T10:57:56.660
Switch off the wireless router and switch it on. – Chand – 2017-05-14T10:31:47.910
@up yep, don't fix the problem, just throw this away and give a bunch ones to yourself free! Damn, thats good... – Tomcatus – 2013-10-09T07:36:05.190
1More information is required. Are you allowing Windows to manage your wireless connection or using third-party software to do it? – Ramhound – 2013-10-09T11:44:56.227