Wireless slower by comparison?

[crawdad62]

Hey,

I've been running speed tests here every once in a while and typically get between 4800 to 5500Kbps which is acceptable but not near the 6MB connection I was promised. I've been using a internal Airport card and connecting through a Linksys WRT54G router.

So today I was going through a box of junk and found a huge spool of ethernet cable. I hardwired my connection to the router and now when I run the speed test I get 5500-5950Kbps which is right up where I should be.

So question. Are these wireless connections just slower or is there something I could do to make it better? Different router (Pre-N?) or a setting I could change? Or is this just the nature of the beast?

Thanks.

[Swimmer]

It is really the nature of the beast.. there is extra overhead because you are going from ethernet to a wireless protocol.. the extra overhead pretty much covers for the loss in spead..  You are not going to see any faster speeds with a pre-n setup.. due to the fact that 802.11G is good up to about 20Mbps.. depending on how far away you are from the router..  If you are getting around 80% of wired speed that is pretty good! 

[crawdad62]

Thanks Swimmer. That's kind of the answer I was expecting. It's not that I even notice the difference between wired and wireless but you know every little bit you can get.