Whats Wrong With My Internet?

First off, im sorry if this is in the wrong section, but this where i thought it would fit. Anyways my Internets been really slow lately and i don't know whats wrong. I checked its speed and i have a dl of 2000 and a upload of 500, which what ive always had. But, now sometimes when i try to use the Internet, it wont work and it would continue not working for a varying amount of time. Theres also a problem where the Internet seems slower, though only when i play games online. And this doesn't just happen with PC, but same goes for my xbox 360. Games sometime would be so laggy that im forced to quit. Sometimes i can also barley find any games at all when searching for them.

This problem occurs with every computer in the house and im desperate for help. Its also not the cable company as they said everyone else is fine. Could it be my router? i have an old Mn-500 which is bout 5 years old now i believe. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Do you still have to documentation for your router? They may be something in it that tells you how to run a diagnostics routine on the hardware. If not, you should be able to get a copy off the manufacturers website.

no i dont think so, i dont use limewire or any other p2p app, and neither do the other comps... the xbox now has gotten past the ip address stage and now fails at the icmp stage... what the heck is going on with my internetpandaman37

Have you re set youre router? Also you may not like to bileve it but it is highly possible that other PC's on youre network are using a large amount of bandwith?

Also when you test youre internet speed what is youre Ping (if it dont say ping then look for ms) try www.speedtest.net