I just upgraded my (Virgin Media) broadband to 30mb, but having a bit of trouble getting the best speeds throughout my network. One computer (running Windows 7) is connected to the super hub directly via an ethernet cable, and that gets the full 30mb on speedtest.
Another computer (also on W7) is using a wireless network card, and through testing each channel available on the router, I get around 17mb on the optimum channels (10 through to 13).
However on a third computer, which is old and still running XP, whenever I choose a channel 10 or above, it isn't able to detect the network at all. But as soon as I switch to channel 9 or below, it detects it and connects just fine. But then computer 2's speeds drop to below 10mb.
The network is nothing extraordinary, it's just a normal network within a household, so I don't think distance is a major factor here. The strange thing is that computer 2 and 3 both have the same network card, and I just updated the drivers for it yesterday. So I'm wondering if this is more to do with XP having some kind of limit on what channel it can detect. It's just right now if I use channel 9-, it's not really that great considering there's only one PC getting 30mb, and the rest are only getting 10mb and less.
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Could it be that my network cards are too old? I just connected my sister's laptop (Vista), which is about a year or two old, and that connected just fine and gets about 22mb. I've had my current network cards for god knows how long (could be 5-6 years now), so maybe they're just too old for these kinds of speeds? Also sorry for the insanely long post guys!
Another computer (also on W7) is using a wireless network card, and through testing each channel available on the router, I get around 17mb on the optimum channels (10 through to 13).
However on a third computer, which is old and still running XP, whenever I choose a channel 10 or above, it isn't able to detect the network at all. But as soon as I switch to channel 9 or below, it detects it and connects just fine. But then computer 2's speeds drop to below 10mb.
The network is nothing extraordinary, it's just a normal network within a household, so I don't think distance is a major factor here. The strange thing is that computer 2 and 3 both have the same network card, and I just updated the drivers for it yesterday. So I'm wondering if this is more to do with XP having some kind of limit on what channel it can detect. It's just right now if I use channel 9-, it's not really that great considering there's only one PC getting 30mb, and the rest are only getting 10mb and less.
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Could it be that my network cards are too old? I just connected my sister's laptop (Vista), which is about a year or two old, and that connected just fine and gets about 22mb. I've had my current network cards for god knows how long (could be 5-6 years now), so maybe they're just too old for these kinds of speeds? Also sorry for the insanely long post guys!
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