50 meg through wireless

[stairpotato]

Hi - just got 50 meg installed today. Getting steady 46 meg through ethernet, but anything between 8 and 25 on the wireless n router (through both my wireless n enabled mac, and the supplied wireless n adaptor on my vista pc.

Anyone come across this before or got any thoughts?

[Wod]

You will struggle to get high speeds!!, its all about the equipment. Equipment may not cope with high bandwidths and also you will never get a 100% clean powerfull signal.

[stairpotato]

..that doesnt explain why i'm getting worse speeds than on my old wireless g router on 20 meg

[BenMcr]

Are you using WPA/WPA2 with AES encryption?

[stairpotato]

Are you using WPA/WPA2 with AES encryption?

Nope I'm using WEP - simply because that was how the old network was set up and it was easier than changing all the wireless set ups on the network

[BenMcr]

And that will be why then

[stairpotato]

And that will be why then


same with wpa-psk

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you are a star....it was the aes that did it

[BenMcr]

It has to be WPA with AES (not TKIP) to get 'N' speeds

[pabscars]

Are you using WPA/WPA2 with AES encryption?


Would you care to expand on that, for us uneducated hethens :)

[BenMcr]

you are a star....it was the aes that did it
:D

[pabscars]

oops you already have

[stairpotato]

It has to be WPA with AES (not TKIP) to get 'N' speeds

Why Virgin in their infinite wisdom didn't tell me that when I phoned support, and why Netgear support didn't even think of that is beyond me. Is their some kind of 50 meg faq on here that a mod could add this to?

[BenMcr]

You mean like http://www.virginmedia.com/help/wireless/nrouter-faqs.php

Any wireless adaptors/devices not using the ratified WPA2-PSK [AES] wireless ‘N’ security encryption will only offer wireless ‘G’ level performance. Full wireless ‘N’ performance can only be achieved when both the wireless router and wireless adaptor/device are using WPA2-PSK [AES]. Rest assured that both the Netgear WNR2000 wireless router and WN111 wireless adaptor can be set to use WPA2-PSK [AES]

[stairpotato]

...yes...just like that. ahem.

mind you virgin support should know about it!

[BenMcr]

Well Netgear definately should - as they are supporting the routers on Virgin's behalf at the moment

I bet Netgear assumed it was already on AES - as it should default to that when connecting two 'N' devices (as long as WPA is selected)

[lowei]

Its a shame that WPA with AES doesn't work with the xbox 360 wireless adaptor

[BenMcr]

Wouldn't matter for the Xbox as it's G only

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You could always buy a 'N' Wireless Gaming adapter - the Xbox would just think it is on a wired connection