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Wireless speed 72Mbs????

  • 22-08-2011 09:44PM
    #1
    Doylers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭


    So I was playing with a new laptop today in the house. I noticed that the link speed was 100Mbs+. I noticed my (older)laptop has never connected over 72Mbs. Now by old I mean 5 months, so why the hell am I not getting a faster speed? My network card is realtek rtl8191se wireless lan 802.11n pci-e nic. Im using a cisco e3000 with channel width set to auto, 20mhz or 40mhz. The issue has to be the laptop being crappy I figure. Any ideas?


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  • #2
    swampgas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭swampgas


    Doylers wrote: »
    So I was playing with a new laptop today in the house. I noticed that the link speed was 100Mbs+. I noticed my (older)laptop has never connected over 72Mbs. Now by old I mean 5 months, so why the hell am I not getting a faster speed? My network card is realtek rtl8191se wireless lan 802.11n pci-e nic. Im using a cisco e3000 with channel width set to auto, 20mhz or 40mhz. The issue has to be the laptop being crappy I figure. Any ideas?

    Wireless adapters and standards keep getting faster. On top of that there are a lot of environmental factors that can have an impact.

    72 Mb/s is pretty good anyhow, I wouldn't whinge about it - especially as the bottleneck for much of what you do is likely to be your broadband connection, which will be a lot slower.


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