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Old 11-04-2010, 09:12   #4
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Re: Virgin 50mb - 49.5mb wired, 24mb wireless (next to router),8mb wireless (upstairs

I am sure there is a program you can run and it tells you what channel are currently been used.

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Originally Posted by jb7 View Post
is there any way I can make this faster? I have WPA2 set up, after messing about with the channels I find that channel 1 is the fastest (probably because most my neighbours have channel 6). My router also allows me to choose an "extension channel", which it automatically selects as 5

so, any idea how to make the wireless faster? I am using a macbook pro 13inch 2009, that has a wireless N wifi card. Virgin gave their own router, a dlink dir-615. It has 2 antenna's and costs about £30. I am currently using my own router, a belkin F5D8232-4 which has 3 antenna's... so surely this should be faster? I have tried the dlink router, and speeds are worse.

What can i do to increase wireless speed?

thanks
Wireless will all most give you lower speeds due to signal having to travel and also in some older house there is lead between floor which will slow the signal down.
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