Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs
 

Bolton Wanderers?????????? Pleaaaaaaaaaase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got back from Horwich this morning!:D:D:D

Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs
 

Personally i dont think the encryption would drop you down to 8mbps, as already recommended above;

- Check the channels of neighbouring wireless networks, then use one that isnt being used.
- Remove all G devices from the network (while you test) this should give you an indication if this is effecting your speeds.
- Home setup is always an issue, but a rule of thumb would be to place the router as centrally in the house as possible, staying away from outside walls, router antennas are omni-directional. Note that it should also be kept away from the floor and metal objects (e.g. filing cabinets)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/wirelesstips.aspx
http://gadgets.softpedia.com/news/Wh...er-119-01.html

Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs
 

Channel number can be very odd. I used to run at channel 13 to ensure (nearly) I'd be away from others but now use channel 1 as I got a huge speed increase switching to that number. It maybe to do with how some channels can be handled differently. This was on recommendation from vendor (Belkin).

Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs
 

Something I've noticed. Any wi-fi connected device closer to the router than you will get more bandwidth. Even inches different.

As for encryption, it's in flight and shouldn't be an overhead.

Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs
 

my experience of wireless is that wpa1 noticebly slows it down but wpa2 runs as fast as unencrypted. wpa2 on proper hardware should be hardware accelerated.

Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs
 

Moved to Networking as it's nothing to do with the modem

---------- Post added at 16:23 ---------- Previous post was at 16:16 ----------

Attenuation of the signal will drop it down and give you a lower SNR. It's the SNR that degrades the recieving capability and then forces the system to renegotiate a lower speed (lower speeds are less suscepitble to errors due to the bit length being longer)

The speeds the OP quotes are they the synced speeds or speeds using a test site/program?? If the first then you'll need to possibly try different channel/position/encryption combinations, if the latter and the sync speeds are showing higher then it's bottlenecking somewhere