robnich Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Before San Diego Time-Warner's Roadrunner speed upgrade, I got 2.8Mbps on both my hard-wired ethernet connection to the cable modem and my wireless connection through 802.11b (Linksys BEFW11s4 v.3). After the upgrade, the ethernet connection gets 4.9Mbps, but the wireless connection is "only" 3.5Mbps. Now this is plenty fast, but I am wondering why the big difference between wireless and hard-wired when there was no difference before. I upgraded the Linksys firmware to the latest version, but there was no change.. Is this as fast as I can expect without going to 802.11g, or is there anything else I can do? What might cause the change I noted? Bob N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 That is fairly normall my guess is that you are at the max of the throughput for the wireless end.. the other thing that you could try is to run TCP optimizer for the wireless client.. that might help a little bit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robnich Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Thanks, Swimmer. I did run TCPOptimizer, with no significant change (I think my settings were pretty optimal to begin with.) I think I'll stop being greedy and be satisfied with my 3.5Mbps. My wife is the one with the hard-wired 4.9Mbps, and she couldn't care less about such things, not knowing the difference between TCP and a teepee. Bob N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 robnich welcome to the forum hold on dont give up go to http://www.dslreports.com/tools and run Line Packet Loss Testing or and Tweak Test and post the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robnich Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Passed Line Packet Loss with flying colors. http://www.broadbandreports.com/quality/nil/1641273 Bob N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 you are on 802.11b.. this is a throughput test on linksys' 802.11 access point My guess is the test results above were in ideal situtations.. line of site.. no interference.. Yeah I would guess that you are at the peak of the router.. I am not sure how much more 802.11g would get you.. or if it is worth the upgrade.. router and wi-fi card.. You could do a site survey and make sure that on other routers in the general area are on the same channel.. change the channel just to try it... WEP/WPA does impact speed!! but you need to have one of them unless you life in an area where you are out on a large plot of land.. Other than that.. I think you should be happy! this is the same test only with the Linksys WRT54GS the 802.11g router.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robnich Posted February 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 Thanks, Swimmer. I am quite sure that the possible minimal speed increase with 802.11g is not worth the $150 or so that a card and the WRT54GS router would cost. I will be happy with my 3.5Mbps wireless, and when I feel the need to be powerful and fast I will go downstairs and use my wife's computer and bask in the glory of 4.9Mbps for a while. Thanks again. Bob N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 yeah that is true!! just wait for 802.11n then the upgrade might be worth it.. Belkin is the first to market with a wireless router supporting the MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology, which promises greater throughput and increased range over 802.11a/b/g products. And from what we saw of the Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router, the performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingzero2309 Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 My sisters wireless connection also doesnt ever really go above ~3500kbps i am using 802.11b and you would think that it would give u the speed considering it can do up to 11mbps (it is 11, right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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