War_Dawg Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 We have a wireless system set up our house where one cpu is directly connected to the router via an ethernet cable, and the other connected via wireless connection. We have the linksys router and adapter with speed boost. I was wondering how much, if any, difference there should be in speed. Currently the cpu connecting via wireless conncection is running about 1.5 mpbs slower than the cpu wired via ethernet cable. I would post the scores right now, but I really need to get some rest. I will post them if necessary, and help will be much appreciated (if any more info is needed, just ask). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 hey War_Dawg and welcome to the forum wireless is usally slower then wired but you can tweak the wireless and get closer to your cap follow these steps and post again https://testmy.net/topic-2097 VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 1.5 behind doesnt really tell us much.. what is you speed?? Following the guide should pull you with in 500-1000 of the ethernet speed.. You also might want to see if there are any other networks on the same channel in your general area... this would cause interference which would slow down your net work.. which is a bad thing!! Also any encription that you are running, you should be running either WEP or WPA, will slow down the speeds... I have found that WEP does more damage to the speed than WPA.. Follow the guide that should take care of most of it.. you also might want to check and see if there is a firmware upgrade or driver upgrade for your wireless card.. I would do drivers before firmware... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chd176 Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 Also since you said you had speed boost the router is 802.11g correct? I am unsure at the real world levels for 802.11g but I do know that the highest I've ever saw on 802.11b was 6 MB...although it normally levels out around 5.6 MB so if you are using an 802.11b router and have a 10 MB connection the your speeds are going to be cut in half...also your speed depends on how far you are from your router... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 here is an idea what you will get.. I have no idea what the test situtiation was so I cant say that you will get the same results.. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War_Dawg Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Thx for all your help so far. I went through that checklist and did change a couple of things, but currently I am unable to perform an accurate test due to an unrelated issue. On that note, does anyone ever have this problem... For the past week, whenever I first connect to my wireless connection, the speed is extremely slow for about two hours. note this speed test just taken Your connection is: 356 Kbps (about 0.4 Mbps) You downloaded at: 43 KB/s Your TRuSPEED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 that is odd that it is slow for a while then it pick up.. have you tried a direct connect via ethernet?? Otherwise I would recommend that you power cycle your router.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War_Dawg Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Yep, that is what it does. It takes about 2 hours usually of being on, then all of a sudden, it will go back to normal. I have in the past restarted the router to no avail. Needless to say, this is a very frustrating problem. Also, I think it is our provider because the cpu that is connected to the router via an ethernet cable is slow also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 you might want to try a tracert to the ISP's website when it is really slow and then when it is really fast.. then post them... we might be able to help you from there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War_Dawg Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Will do sometime tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 I am not sure it would be a firmware issue.. if it just started happening.. My guess is that it would be the ISP's end.. the way that we could tell is the response time from the comptuer to the router and then the modem.. But a firmware upgrade might be in the next step! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War_Dawg Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 you might want to try a tracert to the ISP's website when it is really slow and then when it is really fast.. then post them... we might be able to help you from there.. Hmm, I thought I knew what you were talking about, but sitting down and trying to do it, I am getting lost . Could you maybe explain this a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 find your router Brand and model, then go to the manufactors homepage and find the updated firmware. like Swimmer said, try bypassing your router and connect your pc directly to modem and see if speed increase if so you know the problem is in the router. VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 For a tracert... Start-> Run-> type "cmd" no ""-> then "tracert testmy.net" exactly.. then post the results.. C:Documents and Settings>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms owen-c138-c4507-01-213b.tcom.purdue.edu 3 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms erht-5b-c6509-01-4022.tcom.purdue.edu 4 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms tel-210-c6509-01-4091.tcom.purdue.edu 5 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms tel-210-m10-01-campus.tcom.purdue.edu 6 3 ms 2 ms 2 ms gigapop.tcom.purdue.edu 7 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.12.206.245 8 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms so-2-3-0-0.gar2.Chicago1.Level3.net [67.72.124.9 ] 9 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms so-3-3-0.bbr1.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.68.96.41] 10 43 ms 42 ms 43 ms ge-0-1-0.bbr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.110] 11 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms ge-1-2-56.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.166] 12 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms 4.78.220.10 13 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.30] 14 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.76] 15 44 ms 43 ms 44 ms dsr2-2-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8] 16 44 ms 44 ms 50 ms gig1-0-1.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18. 116.70] 17 44 ms 44 ms 44 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6] Trace complete. that is what you should get.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War_Dawg Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Well, thx for everything. I think everything is finally back to normal, and I am getting some of the best speed results that I have ever gotten on this site. Your connection is: 4430 Kbps (about 4.4 Mbps) You downloaded at: 541 KB/s Your TRuSPEED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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