I had a slow internet problem; that turned out to be an "almost failed" Ethernet switch, which dropped from the rated 100 Mbps to about 1 Mbps a few seconds of long data burst. I swapped in a spare, and was good to go.
Usually, drivers or configuration suck, but sometimes an elderly integrated circuit does. Keith L. P.S. I have a "rifle-range-ready" ethernet switch. Free to a *BAD* home. -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com