wireless is so bad

[deano20010]

ok so i orded vm the 20 meg package with the normal modem it is fine i connected the free wireless modem they gave up to the normal modem and then tryed a speedtest oww my god what a drop from 19 meg connection to a stupid measly 6 meg the computer i did a speedtest on was connected straight into the wireless hub and then i put me laptop next to the wireless hub and what a shock still only about 6 meg connection does any one else have this problem or is it just me:td:

[HSp8]

I never get more than about 12/13 meg with wireless

[Stabhappy]

try changing the wireless channel, sounds like data congestion. I have the same problem, most channels around me are saturated.

[HSp8]

and you can use Netstumbler to see what channels everyone around you is using

[deano20010]

ok so i changed channel and nothing has changed one bit still the same speed this is just silly

[EvilRoySlade]

My wireless speed is crap as well, I lose about 8-10Mb. That's why I asked about a second modem in another thread. My PS3 is already like treacle hard wired but wireless it's useless. Download a demo in about 3 days from PSN!

[General Maximus]

I have got a linksys wrt54g which i have been using for the last couple of years and I normally get about 12mbit when I am using a laptop, it isn't full speed but it is more than enough for what we use the laptop for. File downloads and gaming are done on the PC which has a wired connection and thus full speed.

[looper35uk]

I'm using a airport extreme with my MacBook (both wireless n). I have not really had any issues since moving to this hardware. Below are the results of a speedtest i did at 8:30 in the evening.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/11/15.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Thats with the airport extreme set to 5GHz.

[Joxer]

the computer i did a speedtest on was connected straight into the wireless hub

I'm guessing this means you had a cable connected between the wireless router and the pc (it is not a hub) so it wasn't a wireless connection, other posters to this thread seem to have been confused by the title.

If you are losing speed on a wired connection I would check the MTU sizes on the router and pc.

[AbyssUnderground]

On my wireless network I get 2.5MB/s (~25Mbps) no problem (LAN of course not internet), but there are next to no other wireless AP's in the area and I'm on an "odd" channel (8 I think) away from the defaults.

[Gavin78]

I get around 18 meg on my laptop and thats downstairs the router is upstairs, its a belkin 125 router. I did notice though in my stepsons room which is around 20 feet from the router and using a belkin pci lan card he only gets around 1-2 meg.

So god knows how the laptop modem is better considering its down stairs.