new network card giving me slow speeds!

[Welshchris]

just been chatting to a friend.

Hes reciently gone from Virgin to 02 and he is getting a similar issue. Wired he gets around 11-14mb...

Wireless hets getting around 3mb.

Turned out it was the channel his cordless phone was on interfearing.

[Hom3r]

I have some software that tells you what wi-fi networks are in your area.

I will PM you a link, as it might not be allowed to publish here

[Ben B]

google vistumbler

[chrisjackson1985]

i was told wireless G cards would only go to around 22mb, so i thought i was doing great with my G card.

my N card is really struggling though.

none of the 2 pcs are using wirelessG, only N and the other PC has no problems getting the speeds, its definatly something to do with my new card that i bought, the dlink rangebooster pci card.

[Welshchris]

Chris, does DLink have a support number most do now.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by chrisjackson1985

i was told wireless G cards would only go to around 22mb, so i thought i was doing great with my G card.

my N card is really struggling though.

none of the 2 pcs are using wirelessG, only N and the other PC has no problems getting the speeds, its definatly something to do with my new card that i bought, the dlink rangebooster pci card.

It's so frustrating to find out on at this stage of the diagnosis that you've got the other PC on 802.11n as well!

So, let's be clear - the other PC is 802.11n connected. What standalone speed does it achieve (i.e. the problem PC disconnected)?

The problem PC - can you confirm that when it is standalone (other PC disconnected), you get the naff speed?

When you compare in Device Manager the Advanced properties for each wireless adapter, what are the differences between the two PCs?

[chrisjackson1985]

yes, when it is stand-alone, it still gives me the naff speed when using wireless of 20-24mb.

wired is pretty much static at 46-50

ive unplugged my wireless phone at the socket and the speeds remain the same when using wireless.

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ok, ive fixed it but dont know how...

i was just messing with the settings on the router, changing the security to wpa2 and also i changed my key and i just got a 49mb score on bbmax speedtest.

and just tried a speedtest.net one and it was a little down but definatly in the acceptable range.



definatly better than 20-24mb, and yes.. ive checked and its running on Wireless.

[Sephiroth]

Well done. That just about covers "something to do with your router" in post #15!

I wonder whether you'll get learned speculation as to what the problem was?

My instinct based on your report is that you had enctyption enabled in WEP but not in WPA2. How does that ring with you? Encryption adds an overhead.

[chrisjackson1985]

no, i used to have wpa personal, even when i tried WEP the speed improved, but only to around 30mb.

i set the channel to automatic, put it on WPA2 and changed the network key.

I dont see how that could have changed the speed, but thats all ive done.



its now running fine, but should it happen again.... i have not a clue how to fix it, just hope for the best with those settings should it happen again i suppose.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by chrisjackson1985

no, i used to have wpa personal, even when i tried WEP the speed improved, but only to around 30mb.

i set the channel to automatic, put it on WPA2 and changed the network key.

I dont see how that could have changed the speed, but thats all ive done.



its now running fine, but should it happen again.... i have not a clue how to fix it, just hope for the best with those settings should it happen again i suppose.

Fair enough. Anyway, that was a load of b*llox I said about encryption because you've either got WEP/WPA2 turned on (then it's encrypted) or off and it's not.

From what you say about setting the channel to automatic - that's prolly the reason.