120M : Question on speeds

[smallclone]

Originally Posted by General Maximus

what device are you running the speed test on? If it is the Galaxy S3 you mentioned previously then I wouldn't worry about it, I only got 20mbits on mine yet if I try my S4 then I get 60mbits.

No, it's the laptop that gets 200Mb/s next to the router

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

I've already told you several times what the cause is. Interference and crap devices. It's like going down the M25 in London and whining "I just don't get it" when you can't do 70mph flat out.

So why can I not pick up any intereference on the channels I am using? Inssider shows nothing.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by smallclone

So why can I not pick up any intereference on the channels I am using? Inssider shows nothing.

Because as I've said dozens of times, Inssider cannot show interference.

[smallclone]

I'll just stop trying then and be happy with receiving a fifth of what I pay for.

[qasdfdsaq]

You're already getting 100% of what you pay for.

You do not pay for exclusive access to WiFi spectrum.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by smallclone

I just don't get it.

Originally Posted by smallclone

Sitting approx 3m under my Asus router through the ceiling on the 152Mb/s package via the 2.4hz band

[smallclone]

So I got some CAT5 and experimented hardwiring a Belkin N600 dual band router as my access point.

I managed 93 Mb/s down.

While this is ok, I'd like to know if there is a cheap router out there that I can use as an access point that will let me get the full (or closer to) 152Mb/s?

Thanks.

[Kushan]

Are you sure the CAT5 cable isn't the problem? It's not usually capable of gigabit speeds.

[smallclone]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Are you sure the CAT5 cable isn't the problem?

I've got another one to try later, so I'll let you know.

It's not usually capable of gigabit speeds.

What isn't capable?

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by smallclone

What isn't capable?

CAT5 cabling. CAT5e or CAT6 for gigabit. Some CAT5 cables can do it on short runs but there's no guarantee.

What model, exactly, is your Belkin router?

EDIT: Is it this? http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Wireles.../dp/B004N625AA

Because if so, it states it does not have gigabit ports. That's your problem, not the cabling (Though CAT5 is rubbish anyway).

You do need a new router. What is your budget?

[smallclone]

Yeah pretty sure that's the model.

Budget is £60

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This any good?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computi...81771-pdt.html

[Sephiroth]

The Archer C2 has a spec suitable for your Virgin Media connection. I like TP-Link kit.

Btw, many people say Cat 5 to include Cat 5e. It's printed on the side of the cable.

[smallclone]

Now I need to figure out how I turn it into an access point and give it a static IP address and al that I expect?

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Are you sure the CAT5 cable isn't the problem? It's not usually capable of gigabit speeds.

Cat 5 is always capable of gigabit speeds. Gigabit ethernet was designed specifically to work on Cat 5 cable.

[smallclone]

Really sorry for going over old ground here. But can I just check the process for turning this new router into an acces point:

Superhub -> Asus -> wired via Cat5e > New router >>>>(Does this then have to be WIRED to a pc or can I do this wirelessly??)

Disable DHCP and give it a static IP address.

Is that more or less correct?

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by smallclone

Really sorry for going over old ground here. But can I just check the process for turning this new router into an acces point:

Superhub -> Asus -> wired via Cat5e > New router >>>>(Does this then have to be WIRED to a pc or can I do this wirelessly??)

Disable DHCP and give it a static IP address.

Is that more or less correct?

This is how I see it:

Superhub -> Asus -> wired via Cat5e > New router (DHCP off) -> wired or wireless.