Slow Speeds Again.

[xkennyx]

Hi, iv been expeirencing slow speed since last week, im on the Telewest 10MB service and i have been no where near recieving my full speed. my usual is around 2mb. My wired computer downstairs recieves a full 10mb but when i go to my wireless computer it recieves 2mb. It used to recieve 10mb but since last week has gone slow. Anyone got any ideas.

Many Thanks
Kenny.


Ps. not sure wether this should be networking?

[Chris W]

It should be in networking... moved.

Try changing the channel you are using on the wireless router- there may be something that is causing interference hence the reduced speed over the wireless connection.

[xkennyx]

Hey, iv tried changing my channels and it seems quite stable on channel 4, but im still not recieving a full speed.


Sun, 4 Feb 2007 00:21:06 UTC

1st 512K took 2125 ms = 240.9 KB/sec, approx 1985 Kbps, 1.94 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2438 ms = 210 KB/sec, approx 1730 Kbps, 1.69 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2687 ms = 190.5 KB/sec, approx 1570 Kbps, 1.53 Mbps
4th 512K took 2000 ms = 256 KB/sec, approx 2109 Kbps, 2.06 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1849 Kbps, 1.81 Mbps


thats no where near the 10mb i shuld be recieving.

Thanks
Kenny

[Chris W]

If you are receiving full speeds on your wired pc then the problem lies in your wireless network.

How good is the signal strength?
What make and model of router/ card are you using?
Any other pcs connecting wireless?
Any wireless security enabled?

[NoKnowledge]

I have the same problem

When I connect via the Cable Modem I get 1MB/s
When I connect wirelessly I get 200-500 KB/s

But when I was on the 2 MB package I got 240KB/s

So when I was on 2M I was getting the full 2M speed, wired and wirelessly and now I'm back on 10M and my wireless is not giving me the full speed.

I have Linksys WRT54GS and card is WMP54GS

[The Jackal]

Your laptop may not be able to take the load. I had a laptop that when placed under heavy cpu load was unable to keep up network transfer rates. [EDIT: Then I installed l.n.x and all was sweet Ahhhh but thats another story

Can you transfer files from your PC to your laptop at 10mbps when the laptop is idle (ie no other processes running) ?

[xkennyx]

Everything seems fine now. im not sure wether its too many people using there bandwidth on the UBR but i did a speed check this morning and got these results...

Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:01:31 UTC

1st 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
2nd 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps
3rd 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
4th 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9735 Kbps, 9.51 Mbps



To repeat this test from the source server click here.


Things seem back to normal.

Thanks

Kenny