Wifi "issues"

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I was going to try and hi-jack a thread that has a similar issue but I thought I'd start a separate one lol.

My issue started not long ago, I had problems with my bt infinity so a technician came out, said the problem was most likely because of my old hub (was using the older 2.0 hub with infinity) and my modem was one of the original batches that had issues - so gave me new shiny 3.0 hub along with new modem. Did some speed tests all seemed fine - well on my laptop anyways, my laptop wifi card allows me to get around 38 Meg D/L speeds on speed tests (such as speedtest.net etc, however on my desktop up stairs (now this hose isnt big, the hub is under the stairs, and at the top is pretty much my room) and I have it connected via my belkin f5d8055v2 adapter, but running speed tests with this adapter I'm limited to around 10meg, the ping test btw that goes along with it has the laptop at around 40ms (even though its right beside the hub) and the desktop is at 25ms - yet at a slower speed - up until I received the bt hub 3.0 the desktop was always allowing me to obtain the 38 meg speed my line can handle - now this is doing my head in, it's most likely a software issue (and I can see myself phoning bt just to see) but before that, has anyone had a similar issue but with a resolution? My desktop is my main pc, and its quite annoying that my d/l speed is a 3rd of what my rather poor excuse for a laptop gets, I've tried a few reboots, uninstall and re-install adapter - in device manager for the wireless adapeter ive a few options to enable/disable - adhoc support 802.11n/ieee802.11h/ multimedia or gaming environment and radio, tried a few combinations of these and no solution as of yet.

Many thanks for any assistance you have!
 
Bit of an update - dont know exactly what I did but the desktop has moved to around 20 meg, when I turned on my laptop today and ran a speed test it too is limited to around 20 meg its as if the wifi is throttled, if I connect to my hub with an Ethernet cable from my laptop I can receive the full 38/39 meg my line can handle (though ping is 40ms which doesnt seem to make sense as its still 26ms with my wifi adapter on the desktop?) - I never had this problem with the 2.0 hub (although by the end it was disconnecting me every 10-15 min) and its only since I got the 3.0 hub, I've tried changing the wifi channel (instead of the "smart response" to channel 1,6,11,13 with no improvement)

Hope the above information helps anyone who can help :)
 
I assume you turn off your torrwnt client well before testing?

1) sit by the hub

if that makes no difference

2) latest drivers

if that make no difference

3) try a different 300mbs quality wifi adapter

if that make no difference

4) try a different good quality hub

20meg over wireless isnt that about the limit of what to expect ?
 
Is your desktop's wireless card 802.11N? Have you got any other wireless devices in the house especially ones that run on the older g or b standard?

Run the adsl/fttc diagnostics test @ http://speedtester.bt.com/ whilst connected via ethernet & check your IP profile.

If your IP profile is normal for your line then something must be causing interference. Unfortunately that could be many things such as: dect phones, microwaves, neighbours routers etc.

You can D/l & run inSSIDer to see whats happening in your neighborhood.
 
It def. is an n adapter - I was getting 38 ish meg before I got the new hub ( worked grand with 2.0 hub)

Dont have access to another wifi adapter

I dont know what could be causing interference as all the devices are the same prior to about 2 weeks ago when I got the new bt hub Ill run the speedtester in a minute and get back what my ip profile is - thanks for the feedback
 
just got home tonight and was looking at my speed - havnt been on the desktop but laptops getting 40ish meg atm -

dont know whats up not really getting anything consistent, atleast ive no more 10 meg ****

getting around the same on my desktops wifi atm, hopefully it stays like this - never had these issues before
 
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