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Module · Wi-Fi & Internet

Wi-Fi & Internet doctor, in depth.

Fixato measures your real speed against the plan you pay for, checks DNS and your adapter, and answers the only question that matters: is it your provider, or your gear?

In plain language

"The internet is slow" is rarely the whole story. Fixato tests what's actually happening on your machine, then tells you plainly whether to reboot your router, call your provider, or let it fix the Windows side.

Under the hood

Active network tests plus adapter and driver inspection. Repairs rebuild the Windows networking stack when it's the culprit — they never touch your router's configuration.

Provider or gear?

It settles the real question.

Real throughput vs your plan, DNS resolution, adapter and driver — combined into a plain verdict, not a spinning dial.

  • Measured speed compared to the plan you pay for.
  • DNS, adapter and driver checked in one pass.
  • A clear verdict: fixable here, or call the provider.
FixatoWi-Fi & InternetExampletested
Download speed
47 of 300 Mbps plan
under plan
DNS resolution
18 ms · reachable
healthy
Adapter & driver
Wi-Fi 6 · current
ok
Signal & channel
−67 dBm · crowded
weak
What it tests

The whole path, end to end.

Read-only. Fixato probes each link in the chain so the slowdown isn't a guess.

Real speed vs plan

What you're actually getting, measured, next to what you're paying for.

Named tooltest_internet_speed

Adapter, IP & DNS

Your adapters, how they're addressed, and whether name lookups resolve — the usual cause behind "pages won't load" even though the connection looks fine.

Named toolget_network_status

Reachability & latency

Whether a given destination answers, and how long it takes — the difference between "slow" and "dropping".

Named toolping_host

Signal & band

On Wi-Fi: your signal strength, the band you're on and the rate actually negotiated with the router — how a weak link gets proven rather than assumed.

Named toolget_wifi_details

Network driver health

Whether Windows reports your Wi-Fi or Ethernet adapter as failing, rather than merely "not the newest".

Named toollist_driver_problems

What's using the connection

Which programs are actually talking to the network right now — sometimes the "slow internet" is one program helping itself.

Named toolget_network_connections

Each name above is one of Fixato's named tools. The agent picks from that closed list — it can't type a command of its own. The complete list is published with the licence.

What it repairs (with your yes)

Then it rebuilds the Windows side.

When the problem is on your PC, these standard resets fix it. Your confirmation first, and your router is never touched — Fixato has no way to reach it.

Flush DNS

Clears a stale DNS cache that's sending you to the wrong place. Nothing is configured, nothing is lost.

Named toolflush_dns

Reset the network stack

Rebuilds the core Windows networking components — Winsock, IP, DNS — when they're the culprit. This is the big one, and it needs a reconnect afterwards.

Named toolreset_network_stack

Switch DNS servers

Points Windows at a fast, reliable public resolver when yours is the bottleneck. Fixato reads your current setting and gives it back to you before it changes anything, so you can restore it exactly.

Named toolset_dns_servers

Update the adapter driver

Installs the signed driver Windows Update offers for a network adapter that's genuinely in error — never a downgrade.

Named toolupdate_drivers

Each name above is one of Fixato's named tools. The agent picks from that closed list — it can't type a command of its own. The complete list is published with the licence.

Safe by design.

Diagnosis is read-only. Every change needs your explicit confirmation and is logged on your machine; system repairs are preceded by a restore point — or they're blocked. See security & safety.

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