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Slow speed from wireless router

  • 30-09-2006 8:57pm
    #1
    Noelie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    My connection speed is a lot slower when i connect wirelessly to my router compared to when i'm wired is this usual?

    I ran a speed check and when i am connected using the Ethernet i'm getting 2.81Mbps, but when i connect through a the wireless connection i'm only getting 1.82Mbps, do i need to change some setting or is this to be expected from a wireless router.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,550 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    No, this isn't to be expected..

    You probably have a 3mb connection to the internet. The connection between you and your wireless router should be between 11mb/s and 54mb/s (or more), so should not be throttling your access to the internet at all.

    Your loss of speed would suggest that instead of getting 11-54mb/s connection to your router, you're getting 2mb or less when connected wirelessly.

    Run a trace to a website when connected via wire, and when connected via wireless, and post the details..
    From the command line:
    tracert www.boards.ie

    Or else use something like NetStumbler to look at what other networks in the area may be broadcasting on the same channel, and change the channel, as appropriate.


  • #3
    Noelie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭Noelie


    Thanks Krusty, It'll be tonight before, i can try this so i'll let you now how i get on.
    My router is a Linksys WRTP54G, so i'm sure it's not a problem with the speed of the router.


  • #4
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,550 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Sorry, I didn't mean a problem with the speed of the router, but instead a problem with the speed that the router is operating at, due to other/external influences, such as other networks using the same channel..

    Is your Broadband supplied by Eircom? Most Eircom routers default to the same channel (6 I think) and as such, that frequency range can be quite congested (still don't know why som many people go with Eircom?!).. But I guess that this isnt the case ín your scenario, as you're using a Linksys router.. Is your provider NTL?

    Maybe you should try various levels of security and see how they affect your speed.. e.g.: None, WEP, WPA.


  • #5
    Noelie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭Noelie


    Yeah my BB is with NTL, I have WPA security enabled as i want the network to be secure, and i think the channel was set to 11.


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