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Technical Vault · 14-10-2011, 19:23

You say your laptop is new? It could be that, some laptops have more capable wireless chipsets than others. Also antennas aren't all the same.

The other potential problem is that the 2.4GHz is quite a crowded frequency and not all wireless N adaptors are made equal. A baby monitor, tv repeater or an old style cordless phone can cause nightmarish interference. Some of the better N routers support the less crowded 5GHz frequency and allow use of one 2.4GHz and one 5GHz channel. Also MIMO support is a must. One good example is Apple's Airport Express which are the some of the most pricey consumer grade kit but you get a good router.

One other possible fix might be to turn on the interference robustness on your router, it'll hit the overall speed, but as your operating nowhere near the top speed of N I wouldn't worry.

14-10-2011, 19:23	#8
Technical Vault Inactive Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2	Re: Upgraded 10MB to 30MB but speed is slower on Wireless? You say your laptop is new? It could be that, some laptops have more capable wireless chipsets than others. Also antennas aren't all the same. The other potential problem is that the 2.4GHz is quite a crowded frequency and not all wireless N adaptors are made equal. A baby monitor, tv repeater or an old style cordless phone can cause nightmarish interference. Some of the better N routers support the less crowded 5GHz frequency and allow use of one 2.4GHz and one 5GHz channel. Also MIMO support is a must. One good example is Apple's Airport Express which are the some of the most pricey consumer grade kit but you get a good router. One other possible fix might be to turn on the interference robustness on your router, it'll hit the overall speed, but as your operating nowhere near the top speed of N I wouldn't worry.