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leezale88
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Dropbox uploads are extreamly slow all the sudden

Just recently  I swapped my hard drive and created a new dropbox sync folder.  Everything transferred over fairly quick and dropbox did its thing. I then added 300+gb to the sync folder to be uploa...
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leezale88's avatar
leezale88
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

What you are experiencing is my exact issue. I installed DB on my laptop and my 1gb files uploaded instantly. The problem is only on my desktop.  I also installed a new hard drive on my desktop sense my original post thinking that it was the hard drive but that didint help even thought the hard drive is twice as fast. I also tried different SATA cables and that didnt help. There is a bug somewhere that I haven't pinpointed. It has to do with the dropbox app and the internet, but its not something on my Internets end.

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leezale88
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

RichI hate to say this but 3-4mbs uploads is trash. I was getting 100+mbs prior to this issue. I also installed DB on my laptop and it took 10 seconds to upload 1gb. Both devices are running the same versions of DB. Both devices are on the same Ethernet. There has to be something wrong in the coding of my app on the back end that is throttling my app!

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 years ago
    Hi leezale88, have you changed the bandwidth settings in the Dropbox desktop application?

    If you're still experiencing this issue, then there is a possibility that a proxy, VPN, firewall, security software, or even ISP/router issues that could be restricting traffic to the following Dropbox domains.
    • Soonjas's avatar
      Soonjas
      Helpful | Level 6
      5 years ago

      Im also having this exact issue. Getting very slow upload speeds via the Desktop app (windows7).  It seems to cap the upload speed to around 250Kb/s which is super slow!!! I have 20Mbps upload speed on my internet connection.


      However if I use browser to upload, it is getting good speeds.

       

      I have tried all different combininations of bandwith settings to no avail. Please help. Can i revert back to an old dropbox version?

       

       

      • nj21's avatar
        nj21
        Explorer | Level 3
        5 years ago

        OMG! I have the same issue for weeks. My desktop app is very slow. I tried all the solutions from the internet and nothing works!!! My laptop uploads at full speed. But on my desktop, it's totally useless! I already reinstalled the app a couple of times and they are both using the same connection. What is wrong? This is very stressful.

        Laptop: Core i5 8300, 16gb ram, SSD = very fast
        Desktop: Ryzen 3900x, 32gb ram, SSD = slow and useless speed

         

        Internet: 500mbps fiber

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