Slow wifi help.

Rev

I currently have VM 50 meg connection. Using the superhub. Wired to my desktop and wireless on for the laptop etc.

I have a laptop, HTPC and an iPad. Laptop and iPad are fine but the wifi on the HTPC is super slow. Speed tests show around 8 meg.

Laptop gets about 30meg. I;m on the laptop now, sat about 10ft from the HTPC and yet the laptop gets 20meg more.

The connection on the HTPC is so slow BBC iplayer stutters. A file that will take 5 mins on the desktop to download will take three hours on the HTPC.

I've tried changing channels, no difference.

How can I speed it up?

robmar0se

Many guys would like to give advice, but you haven't given them a lot to go on.

I would suggest that you state the following for yr HTPC:

• OS/version
• Ethernet nic (see device manager, and give make, model, and driver version)
• Check the ethernet cable (duplex/half duplex)

In the meanwhile you could try resetting your TCP/IP & Winsock settings; for £5 you could add a separate nic card (might save a lot of hassle). If you haven't already also try a different cable and router port.

Figment

robmar0se wrote: »

Many guys would like to give advice, but you haven't given them a lot to go on.

I would suggest that you state the following for yr HTPC:

• OS/version
• Ethernet nic (see device manager, and give make, model, and driver version)
• Check the ethernet cable (duplex/half duplex)

In the meanwhile you could try resetting your TCP/IP & Winsock settings; for £5 you could add a separate nic card (might save a lot of hassle). If you haven't already also try a different cable and router port.

What have the ethernet card and cable got to do with a slow wireless connection? :huh:

robmar0se

Figment wrote: »

What have the ethernet card and cable got to do with a slow wireless connection? :huh:

Apart from my misreading of the post, what constructive suggestions might you have?

I read the original past in regards to the desktop - if you excuse this misunderstanding, then I suggest my response is largely practical, except it would be helpful to hnow what make/model/driver version he has on his wireless card - he could for example see what speed he gets with a wired connection too?

debitcardmayhem

I would hazard a guess that the HTPC(Home Theatre ???) no name given , has a 10Mb ethernet connection but hey I guess too often:p

Wired to my desktop and wireless on for the laptop etc.

Edited: Perhaps the OP could clear up why he/she thinks they have a wifi problem , or is that a figment of my imagination

Figment

If I had any constructive suggestions I would have made them. Your response is largely practical, albeit confusing, hence my reason for asking what relevance they bore to the slow wireless speed.

Figment

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

I would hazard a guess that the HTPC(Home Theatre ???) no name given , has a 10Mb ethernet connection but hey I guess too often:p


Edited: Perhaps the OP could clear up why he/she thinks they have a wifi problem , or is that a figment of my imagination

A 10Mb connection is still 80 megabits, which is higher than the maximum speed of the OP's connection (50mb)

debitcardmayhem

Figment wrote: »

A 10Mb connection is still 80 megabits, which is higher than the maximum speed of the OP's connection (50mb)

Nope a 10MB would be 80megabits 10Mb is 10 megabits, plus ethernet will never approach that not even with a following wind, then check if it is full or half duplex and the max you will realistically is 4Mb-8Mb depending on the card and switch and load on each.The Op's connection is 50 megabits not millibits.

DevCoder

Figment wrote: »

A 10Mb connection is still 80 megabits, which is higher than the maximum speed of the OP's connection (50mb)

No it's not.

Data connections are expressed in Mb (Megabit) not MB (Megabyte).

So a 10Mb connection is just that, 10Megabits. The OP connection is 50Mb (Megabit).

If you wish to express it as MB then the OP connection is 6.25MB/s and a 10Mb NIC is 1.25MB/s

That being said, it would have to be quite an old HTPC to have a 10Mb only NIC (unless its a 10/100Mb NIC and its not auto-negotiating properly).

debitcardmayhem

krisdorey wrote: »

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That being said, it would have to be quite an old HTPC to have a 10Mb only NIC (unless its a 10/100Mb NIC and its not auto-negotiating properly).

I have one that has (hooked to a 1Gb switch ) but it has a 802.11G network card which is faster sitting 3ft from the router.

DevCoder

My 802.11G network is considerably faster on 2.4Ghz (congested with other wifi) then the bridged N connection on 5Ghz (only wifi or device on this spectrum), even when theres one partition wall and less than 10ft from the router. This on a WNDR3700 with WW-DRT custom firmware and fine-tuned.

Just goes to show that the world of network connections is not as simple as expecting to get XMb/s from a connection of YMb/s.