You need to take computer 4
and throw it in a skip
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:02, archived)

Computer 4 is as good as mine
as is owned by a fastidious nerd who knows how to keep a computer clean.
I doubt very much that that's where the problem lies.

I hven't had time to test every other configuration of computers on the network but computers 2 and 3 are I reckon both FULL of spam, spyware and other shite.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:10, archived)

2 and 3 must be either full of crap like you mention
or have dodgy network settings where perhaps one is trying to route more network traffic than it should, or something.

I guess if you've got all four on the same network they all need to be on the same level.
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:14, archived)

You're talking about a network
This is a home network, its just 4 computers plugged into a router. I'm not really sure what settings there actually are to change!
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:16, archived)

Also, this has happened suddenly and for no apparent reason
I can't think of anything which has changed on any of the computers.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:16, archived)

is it wireless?
Could someone be stealing some of your internets? Could explain why it comes and goes intermittently? I dunno. Go ask someone else. Soz.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:40, archived)

microwave / cordless phones on?
change the router channel / password / MAC filter only those four PCs?
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:42, archived)

Fastidious nerd you say?
Have you checked that he hasn't set the router up to restrict band width to all machines other than his own? We had to do this at University as a house mate was constantly torrenting porn and rendering the network unusable...
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:31, archived)

this, but out of 10 people I gave myself a dedicated 50% bandwith
because everyone else in the building only checks their emails and I'm allowed preferential traffic for helping my landlady with stuff, haha.
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:35, archived)

wait, porn is on the internet now?
I'm switching off my internet FOREVER.
( spesh., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:38, archived)

This wasn't just a bit of porn. It was any porn he could find.
He showed me a clip once involving a woman in a swing and some frogs. Strange lad really.
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:42, archived)

I can't read your reply because I've switched off my internet FOREVER, no offense

( spesh., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:44, archived)

None taken
spazcakes
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:46, archived)

He's not doing anything
He's as confused as I am.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:41, archived)

May not have been him but its still worth checking.
Their are often some quite fancy network shaping tools on routers
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:45, archived)