Bad download speed

I switched to using ethernet on my pc as opposed to a crappy wireless usb adapter. With wireless I was getting around 1-2 mb/s download speed on steam and now with the ethernet I am getting 9Kb/s. The driver is updated. Is there a way to fix this?

Can you give us more information please? What are your specs?

Also, what type of cable is it (CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6, etc.) and what router/ modem do you have?

I think it is cat5 which might be why it is slow

CAT5 shouldn't be that slow, unless the cable is defective I don't think that is the problem. Could you try using a different cable and seeing how that goes?