Weird Internet Speed Problem

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I have been using Pioneer Broadband for about a year now. Last month i've been noticing my wifi speed and desktop internet speed (connected via lan cable through wifi router) slowing down . The wifi router in question is EDIMAX BR-6324nL.

1. When the internet cable is directly connected to the pc lanport, i get the proper 10 mbps speed.
2. Internet cable connected to my wifi router running lan cable via router to my pc. I get only 1 mbps speed!!!

Now i've run a couple of test's. The router has been reset, hard reset, firmware changed, firmware upgraded, downgraded, changed the wifi settings, changed it to ppoe, changed it to dynamic ip. The speed still caps till 1 mbps.
I've taken this router to a friend's house as well and checked the beam/act brodband connection. Full speeds work fine. I even restarted the router and did a hard reset as well, just to be sure. i get the 20mpbs speeds!!!. I've checked the pc for any malware, virus scan etc etc.. nothing to be found by eset nod32 . Disabled anitvirus and checked as well. Still the same issue. I've even formatted my p.c just for the sake of it. Issue still prevails, Contacting the tech team of pioneer are a bunch of stupid's, they said they will get their router to check it further till date no reply.

2nd test i've even ran it on my laptop to check. Issue is the same. I even picked a wifi dongle as well and connected it to my p.c. Issue is the same. Basically no matter what i do, whenever the internet try to get shared through wifi router or wifi dongle, the speeds get limited to 1 mbps. Wierd thing, i stopped using my router for the past 10 days, recently when the tech guy to show him the problem. my wifi router actually started showing 10 mbps speed, however after restart it got capped again to 1mbps!!. Tech guy saw this and said he'll be back from past 2 days!!

I do a know a fair bit of troubleshooting, however do you think this is the ISP fault from their side or is it something im missing?

I do plan to pick up a new router to check, however that gonna happen next month only. Any advice on this networking peeps?
 
ISP is not the issue if your are getting advertised speeds with the direct line. Something to do with your router.

Try disabling WMM and QoS if your router supports and test it. Try to test speeds on a mobile device.
 
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Could it be a MAC address issue? Check if your router supports MAC cloning, and set it to show the MAC address of your desktop.

Also, check your cables - as well as the distance between your router/pc to the ISP's router/switch.
 
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Could it be a MAC address issue? Check if your router supports MAC cloning, and set it to show the MAC address of your desktop.

Also, check your cables - as well as the distance between your router/pc to the ISP's router/switch.

My Router and pc are just beside each other, However the distance between the ISP's switch and my p.c. Im not too sure how far it is. I've cloning my mac i.d on several occassions. But still no avial.[DOUBLEPOST=1431795828][/DOUBLEPOST]
ISP is not the issue if your are getting advertised speeds with the direct line. Something to do with your router.

Try disabling WMM and QoS if your router supports and test it. Try to test speeds on a mobile device.
Anything shared over wifi , lt caps to 1 mb speed. I came to know about this issue from my mobile phone itself. QOS is disabled by default. WMM it does not support
 
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