50M : Wired speed 50MB, WiFi speed 10MB

[smallethic]

Even though my laptop is only 20ft away (and two walls) from my Superhub 2 the normal speed I get on it is only about 10MB (one 5th of my desktop download). What can I do to speed it up?

[arcimedes]

The usual suspects to start with are
The wireless card (out of date drivers and/or a cheapo one, need make and model of card)
Hub wifi not configured to allow high speed and/or using a very congested wifi channel.

[rhyds]

How thick are the walls, and what material are they?

In my office (a converted country house) the wifi won't penetrate two walls as they're thick stone built ones.

[General Maximus]

yup, to elaborate on the above: forgetting about interference atm, you want to be checking that the shub is set to broadcast at 145mbits or higher/n (don't know what the exact settings are) and that the nic in your laptop can also support 802.11n. Depending on the age of the laptop it might be a "b or g" card.

[RobboEdin]

The Superhub 2 comes pre-configured to allow high speed.

I had a similar problem when I received my Superhub 2.

As suggested earlier, it was my equipment at fault. The wireless card was wrongly configured, leading to lower speeds than it is capable of.

I now get full download and upload speeds throughout my house on the 50Mb service.

[smallethic]

Help please. What do you mean "wireless card wrongly configured"? The superhub is set to choose a channel automatically: the laptop is a new Toshiba. Which card, where, which settings?

This morning I am only getting 7.95 MB.

What speed do you get on wifi if the laptop is in the same room as the SH2?

[smallethic]

On my desk next to the SH2 I get the full 50MB. On the dining table about 8ft and one wall away I get 46MB. At the end of the conservatory say 30ft and only one wall away I get about 15M. On my knee in the lounge about 20ft and two walls (though the lounge door pointing towards the SH2 is open) I get about 8-12MB depending on time of day.

What are the walls made of?

Is it a modern house, with plasterboard walls, or an old house, with thick solid walls?

It sounds as if it is distance/walls blocking the signal - if you want the full speed, try powerline plugs.

[General Maximus]

if you have proven the laptop is capable of getting full speed next to the shub and it is distance/interference which is causing your speed loss then there aren't really any settings you can change which can improve this.

As Hugh suggested the only way you are going to get a faster connection is if you put the laptop closer to the wap again, and that is either put using powerline plugs in your conservatory or setting up another wireless router in there.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by General Maximus

if you have proven the laptop is capable of getting full speed next to the shub and it is distance/interference which is causing your speed loss then there aren't really any settings you can change which can improve this.

Not entirely true. Just because he gets full speed in the same room doesn't mean the wireless is operating optimally.

For example if he's on 2.4Ghz and it's set to 144Mbps mode, changing it to 300Mbps could increase speed at a distance.

If he's on 5Ghz then he may get better speed switching to 2.4Ghz and vice versa.

I'm not sure what the OPs expectations are but we'd still need to know what wireless card he is using and what speed it reports being connected at.

[smallethic]

How can I change from 144Mbps mode to 300 Mbps mode? I cannot see the option in the Superhub settings.

[RobboEdin]

Sign in to the Superhub then go into Advanced Settings then Wireless then Wireless Radio.

You can then change the speed.

[smallethic]

Thank you. That has boosted my lounge speed from about 10MB to 17MB (still well short of the 50MB though!). What sort of wifi speeds do people normally get?

[RobboEdin]

Personally, I get the full speed, around 54Mb, on both my iPad on the 5GHz band and my PC on the 2.4GHz band.