One machine in the house has super slow connection

[BlackDragon]

Hi,

I've just set up a network with the BT HomeHub 2.0. I've also just set up an old machine (Intel Pentium 4!) for my parents that is running Windows XP and connecting to the Internet via wireless connection.

For some reason the Internet is super slow on this machine, but Speedtest indicates I have at least 6.5Mbps connection. When I download I get only 50Kbps. I tried to download navigate to the Adobe flash player download page and it spent a long time trying to load the page (spent a while 'resolving host').

I then connected wirelessly using my laptop and the Internet is super fast.

Could someone suggest some possible ways of diagnosing the problem with the Windows XP machine? The signal strength on the machine says 'very good'.

 

[BigBoy]

sounds like the signal from the hub to the machine is poor. even though it says Very good it dont always mean it!

Or windows could be using generic drivers for the wireless card try finding the correct drivers for the card and then updating them through windows update.

 

[BlackDragon]

I'm using an Edimax wireless adapter with the drivers that shipped with it. I guess I could try using a different adapter.

In the meantime, if anyone can offer any more suggestions I would really appreciate it Going home tomorrow morning so need to figure it out tonight!