I have DirectWay and have a wireless router. I recently hardwired my computer in because I kept losing signal. The distance between my computer and the router is about 30 ft. But since I hardwired my computer in, it seems slower than when I ran the wireless adapter, i.e downloading videos and music. I was under the impression that wired was faster. What gives????
2006-08-30 09:51:21 · 6 answers · asked by ttaylor_1171 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Wired is more reliable and realistically faster in most cases.
2006-08-30 09:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by lwcomputing 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's odd that you said wired seems slower. Generally the wireless connection is the slower of the two. I've never seen wireless faster than wired if all things are equal. Perhaps something else is causing the slow down. Don;t know what to tell you to check. Is your eathernet cable good quality? the 30 ft distance is pretty short and shouldn't cause a slow down.
Hope that helps
2006-08-30 18:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by From a real estate agent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very unusual for a wired Ethernet connection to be slower than a wireless connection. I would check cabling, also verify that you router is actually routing via NAT, some companies might try to prevent more than one computer from connecting to them without a specific contract, if your router can NAT the address, this will make it seem like you have only one computer connected. The problem is most likely a cabling issue, or misconfiguration on the Network card itself.
Good luck!
Oh, one more thing, verify that it is actually slower, here is the web site to check your speed: www.speakeasy.net
2006-08-30 19:58:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jeff D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that your wired network card drivers aren't installed properly, or maybe your computer's trying to use both...try disabling the wireless to force the software to only use the wired card.
2006-08-30 16:56:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wired or wireless, you are capable of downloading way faster than whatever the cap is on your internet service
2006-08-30 16:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by salute222000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not necessarily. speed depends on a lot of things - your router, your computer, and traffic on the Internet. you can always call your isp and bug them about it. they will usually do speed tests and if it is below a certain speed then they will try to fix it.
2006-08-30 16:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by rchilly2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋