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Old 10-11-2018, 06:54 PM  
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Home network is S-L-O-W when 1 PC is connected, but turned off. WTF?

Ok here's one I've never seen before:

My home network slows to a crawl when a PC, Which is turned OFF, is connected to my LAN.

I'm not kidding, and yes, I have tested this.

In trying to troubleshoot the problem I've replaced cables and network switches, turned off wifi, unplugged each device on the lan one item at a time, until I found the culprit: A PC (Alienware Area 51 Desktop), connected to the Lan, slows it wayyy down. Even with the machine turned off.

If I unplug the AC though, then the speed returns to normal.

So even though the machine itself is off, the LAN seems to be awake. Maybe there is some kind of wake-up-on-lan thing going on but I don't know.

Any suggestions?
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