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Lordnine
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Suddenly slow upload speeds

As of today, I am getting incredibly slow upload speeds. It is currently maxing out at about 50kb/s and most of the time it is lower. I typically get 5+mb/s.   Nothing on my end has changed and it ...
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Lordnine
Explorer | Level 4

I have tried rebooting both computer and router but no success. I tried uploading a file to my Google drive and it took about 15 seconds. Dropbox is telling me the same file will take about 40 hours to upload.

The App is 184.4.6543. My OS is Windows 11 Home.

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Walter
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2 years ago

I see, thanks for the additional information Lordnine 

 

Could you update to the latest version of the app from this page directly and let me know how it goes? 

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    Lordnine
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    It may be a coincidence, but it seems worse now. Previously I was getting fluctuations between 15-50 kb, now it is maxing out at 12kb.

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      Lordnine
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      After letting it run it has come back up to fluctuating between 15-50kb/s. It never goes higher though.

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        Jay
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        2 years ago

        Hi Lordnine, just to clarify, do you get fast speeds when the app starts up, but then it slows down over time, or after a specific period of syncing?

         

        Do other devices on the same network experience this speed? Do you have any proxy, VPN, firewall, security software, or even ISP/router settings that could be restricting traffic to the following Dropbox domains?

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