I have already browsed a few similar threads but wanted to type out my own scenario before I start messing with my settings.
On my PC where I have my VPN, I am connected to 5ghz wifi and get speeds of 25mbps down and 4 Mbps up. Initially when I connect to my VPN (tried the commonly advertised VPNs who’s names I cant post here) the speeds get about a 20% decrease which is to be expected. The problem with both is that when I disconnect from the VPN my download and upload drop to 1mbps. This problem is only on my PC with the VPN.
My work laptop has a VPN required for work and has speeds of 150/10mbps down without the VPN and speeds of 70/10mbps with the VPN. My Phone gets 200/8 mbps awsell. Both of these are also using 5ghz Version fios wifi too. And they are all the same range from the router.
The only thing that seems to fix my PC and bring the speeds from 1 → 25 is resetting the router and restarting my PC. The speeds on my PC are already slower than my other 2 devices. The problem seems to be linked to my PC and the VPN. Does anybody have any ideas how I can fix this? (I have no torrents on my PC, did virus scans, checked all the networking drivers are up to date and my networking usage in Task Manager hovers around 0-2%
I read solutions like hard coding the DNS to 1.1.1.1 and windows troubleshooting says the internet is fine. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!