How can I speed up my wireless internet speed?

sastusbulbas

sastusbulbas

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Hi all,

I have an Asus WL-500gp wireless router downstairs.

Upstairs is my old XP machine, which has an Asus WL-138G wireless PCI card.

I have my wireless security settings as WPA.

I find my internet connection to be pathetically slow, but what can I do to speed it up?

Would using WEP improve matters?

Cheers,
Steve
 
The pci wireless card (54Mbps) is 802.11g, the router (54Mbps) manual states an 802.11b/g card is required.

i have my downstairs computer connected with cabe to the Asus router, it works fine, internet is a lot faster, though it seems a tiny bit slower than before I started using the router?
 
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Try testing your upstairs computer by connecting it to the router with an ethernet cable:

1) If it doesn't speed up a lot, it's your computer, and maybe Win XP has slowed down over time as is its habit, and reinstalling the operating system will help.

2) If things speed up a lot, you know wireless is the problem. So then try wireless within close range of the router. If this is relatively fast, you know you have a range problem. If there's no difference, it is a hardware issue.

Rgds
 
The speed is the same wether the computer is in the same room or upstairs, wired it works fine.

The computer is fine, it does seem that via wireless my internet connection is slow, web browsing is pathetic, pages take ages to load if there are pictures, downloads are painfully slow.

If I wire it to the router things are fine.
 
For testing purposes I would try WEP just to see if that makes a difference. I doubt it will and ultimately the quickest solution to your issue is likely to be new hardware.

Rgds
 
I only got the router and card a few months ago, as I wanted a router I could plug an external hard drive and printer into.

So are you saying I should get a better router and better wireless card?
 
Well, if you can borrow a router and wireless card to perform test swaps, you could establish whether the problem is with the router or the wireless card.

A quick test would be to try the computer on someone else's wireless network (maybe a friendly neighbour???)

My view of the situation is that the quickest solution is swapping either your router, or your wireless card, or both. However, that is not to say that the existing hardware cannot be made to work better, but to do this you would have to investigate the detailed config properties of the wireless card (find the wireless card in your control panel and right click to view properties). Modifying these is highly technical and is unlikely to be easy.

I hope that helps a bit. :D

Rgds
 
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