wireless connection

[LonelyGhost]

just got my wireless working but rather than getting 108 mbps, it is starting at 24 mbps and then goes to 18mbps ...

the connection signal gets an 'excellent' but the speed sucks ...any ideas?

 

[shak]

just got my wireless working but rather than getting 108 mbps, it is starting at 24 mbps and then goes to 18mbps ...

the connection signal gets an 'excellent' but the speed sucks ...any ideas?

most of the time you wont get the full 108mbps.... you can try to tweak the MTU to see if that helps ur connection speed

 

[Maury Beniowski]

108 is your peak transmission rate when the units are side by side. If you're going through walls or whatever, things slow down considerably.

On the bright side, it is faster than a Hayes 300 Smartmodem...

 

[Savage]

Also some wireless routers have settings for wireless G or wireless B + G. Setting it to the first one will give you better speed.

 

[RobBC]

just got my wireless working but rather than getting 108 mbps, it is starting at 24 mbps and then goes to 18mbps ...

the connection signal gets an 'excellent' but the speed sucks ...any ideas?

Just a thought, but do the wireless adaptor and wireless access point (WAP) come from the same manufacturer? Once you go past basic wireless G (54 Mbps) things can sometimes get a bit proprietary (ie if you have say a D-Link adaptor and a Linksys WAP, you might not get the full 108 Mbps).

Having said that, I would think you'd get at least 54 Mbps though, not 24 or 18.

What OS are you running? Windows or Mac? Version?

RobBC

 

[sdw]

How fast a LAN Network works is based on the SLOWEST component. Therefore if you have a workstation with a 10/100 NIC hooked up to a GLAN Hub and additional workstation with a GLAN NIC you will get 10/100 while the slow workstation is active and 1000 when the slow workstation is turned off.

Your router/hub is capable of highspeed, but one or more computer isn't. You can sometimes fix this by swaping the slow NIC out. If the slow workstation is a laptop/handheld, it's often not worth it. Just turn off/disconnect the slow workstation when it's not in use.

Your "fast internet" isn't capable of even 10/100 speeds (often 8kps), this is the one device that doesn't slow down the other devices. So, if you are measuring your network performance you have a slow device/workstation, if you are measuring internet performance you have a fast (moderately) connection.

 

[LonelyGhost]

Just a thought, but do the wireless adaptor and wireless access point (WAP) come from the same manufacturer? Once you go past basic wireless G (54 Mbps) things can sometimes get a bit proprietary (ie if you have say a D-Link adaptor and a Linksys WAP, you might not get the full 108 Mbps).

Having said that, I would think you'd get at least 54 Mbps though, not 24 or 18.

What OS are you running? Windows or Mac? Version?

RobBC

found one problem ... was running the laptop on the battery and as it dropped off the connection speed dropped off too ... the whole time there was line of sight with the wireless and the connection was constant at 'excellent' ...

the moment i plugged in the power cord the connection speed jumped back to 54 but no higher ...

the other thing is the label on my comp says: "54g (TM) integrated 802.11 b/g wireless LAN" ... which makes me assume that 54 is top speed out of my computer ...

the good news is that the firewall in the router seems to be working ... my softward firewall has had no intrusions, attempts, nada since i hooked up the router ... that, at least, makes it worth the cost.