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Lordnine
Helpful | Level 6
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's avatar
    Lordnine
    2 years ago

    I just want to update that I found a solution after being given a suggestion elsewhere as it might help others. I was told to delete my Killer Ethernet Performance Driver Suite as apparently they are known to act up.  Doing so immediately fixed the problem. I am back to almost instant upload speeds.

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Jay
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Unfortunately, there isn't anything else we can suggest, since it seems to be a device-specific issue on your network. 

 

There has to be an app or service running in the background that is affecting the connection to Dropbox servers, since your other device worked fine. 

Lordnine's avatar
Lordnine
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

I just want to update that I found a solution after being given a suggestion elsewhere as it might help others. I was told to delete my Killer Ethernet Performance Driver Suite as apparently they are known to act up.  Doing so immediately fixed the problem. I am back to almost instant upload speeds.

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for updating us with your solution, Lordnine!

     

    Hopefully, other users facing the same issue will benefit from this and if you need anything else, please let us know.

     

    Have a great week ahead!

  • FiLou's avatar
    FiLou
    New member | Level 1
    12 days ago

    LordnineThank you very much.

    I was experiencing the same low unworkable dropbox uploads. Did a lot of research and trial and error solutions.
    Until I found your post.

    I also have the Killer Ethernet driver running. By default it applies a "prioritization engine". Just switching it of and dropbox uploads at full speed.

    Thanks again, you saved my (and dropbox's) day!

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