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Hey guys, so basically I've currently got two computers a Macbook (2008) and a Custom built gaming machine.
Now, due to me still living at home and what not, the router is downstairs and my mum is against routing wires throughout the whole house to enable me to have access to Ethernet Internet. Why? I don't know, she always claims, 'It's her house and she doesn't want it looking amess', so that's that, so I have to use wi-fi! Which is 'okay'.
So here's the issue I'm having, on my Macbook the internet speeds are leaps and bounds ahead that of my Gaming machine.
Here are four tests I did on both machines, on three different servers using Speedtest and one using BT Wholesale Broadband Performance Test.\
Mac Results Below:
server 1 - liverpool: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3070990628 59.23 / 12.53
server 2 - manchester: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3070998521 63.82 / 18.53
server 3 - preston: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3070997181 46.99 / 15.05
BTW Performance test:
As you can see from these images, I am getting excellent speeds on the Macbook, but this is a problem because I never really use the Macbook apart from when I'm coding/designing web work and it doesn't make use out of the fast speeds, etc, etc.
And here are my dreadful PC Speeds for comparison.
Server 1 - Liverpool: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3071008532 31.79 / 12.48
Server 2 - Manchester: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3071010957 29.78 / 18.73
Server 3 - Preston: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3071013068 29.60 / 16.96
BTW Performance test:
As you are able to see from these results, I am getting half-less than half of the speed that I'm getting on my Macbook, now this may not be a problem for most of you and some of you may think I'm being a bit picky, but the fact of the matter is, for the most part, I play a lot of games, I do a lot of downloading and streaming etc.
I want to get what I'm paying and not half of what I'm paying for, should I get a new Wi-Fi card or there another issue at hand here?
A few other important details that I may have missed out:
I am on BT Infinity 76/20 and my PC Wi-fi card is the ASUS PCE-N53 300Mbps 11n Dual band Wireless LAN PCI-E Card.
Does anyone know a solution or is the only option buy a new/better NIC?
Now, due to me still living at home and what not, the router is downstairs and my mum is against routing wires throughout the whole house to enable me to have access to Ethernet Internet. Why? I don't know, she always claims, 'It's her house and she doesn't want it looking amess', so that's that, so I have to use wi-fi! Which is 'okay'.
So here's the issue I'm having, on my Macbook the internet speeds are leaps and bounds ahead that of my Gaming machine.
Here are four tests I did on both machines, on three different servers using Speedtest and one using BT Wholesale Broadband Performance Test.\
Mac Results Below:
server 1 - liverpool: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3070990628 59.23 / 12.53
server 2 - manchester: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3070998521 63.82 / 18.53
server 3 - preston: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3070997181 46.99 / 15.05
BTW Performance test:
As you can see from these images, I am getting excellent speeds on the Macbook, but this is a problem because I never really use the Macbook apart from when I'm coding/designing web work and it doesn't make use out of the fast speeds, etc, etc.
And here are my dreadful PC Speeds for comparison.
Server 1 - Liverpool: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3071008532 31.79 / 12.48
Server 2 - Manchester: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3071010957 29.78 / 18.73
Server 3 - Preston: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3071013068 29.60 / 16.96
BTW Performance test:
As you are able to see from these results, I am getting half-less than half of the speed that I'm getting on my Macbook, now this may not be a problem for most of you and some of you may think I'm being a bit picky, but the fact of the matter is, for the most part, I play a lot of games, I do a lot of downloading and streaming etc.
I want to get what I'm paying and not half of what I'm paying for, should I get a new Wi-Fi card or there another issue at hand here?
A few other important details that I may have missed out:
I am on BT Infinity 76/20 and my PC Wi-fi card is the ASUS PCE-N53 300Mbps 11n Dual band Wireless LAN PCI-E Card.
Does anyone know a solution or is the only option buy a new/better NIC?
