For some reason on win 11 after I launch UE5 my internet slows down 100x from 1Gbit to 7mbit.
It’s still kind of usable but super slow. I notice it after it connects to any unreal online services, that’s when it usually happens.
Anyone else having that issue?
Hey there @bchayka! Welcome to the community! It’s possible there could be some large network resources being used if connections are failing for some reason and trying to reconnect repeatedly. If possible, I’d recommend taking a look at the Windows Resource Monitor (you can open this by typing Resmon in windows search) and seeing if any of these standard processes are having larger issues.
In my example, these processes ended up only using at maximum 1 Mbps.
Noticing a lot traffic in the beginning (7 million B/s), then it slows down (1,300 B/s) when I’m down to 10mbit. Maybe some throtteling going on somewhere with windows?
Not sure what would be throttling network traffic. One case where a developer’s network speeds were being throttled was using a program called “Lenovo Boost”, your computer may also have a similar program causing it. There have also been reports of the software “Exit Lag” causing a similar issue, but that wasn’t replicable.
Are the Unreal processes still maxing out after the throttling?
Interesting, I have a lenovo legion right now. Literally the moment I close unreal the internet goes back up. That’s crazy. I’ll try on my other windows device and see if it does the same or if it’s something device specific.
I closed all lenovo services, nothing worked, until I closed UE5.
The issue came back so I researched and found this video
When I resetted the adapter and did as in the video I had no connectivity issues anymore.
You’re spot on! This just happened to me today and has been going on with a specific game but I always thought it was something wrong with the game’s anti-cheat itself. It’s unreliable sometimes it does throttle other programs, other times you won’t even notice it is there. It is called “Network Boost” within “Lenovo Vantage” software. Turning it off fixes the problem.
For other PCs it could be something similar, basically any gaming software trying to promise better performance and network quality could be the culprit. So I guess it would depend case by case
