My Belkin modem router boasts upto 54 mbps - but I've noticed my connection is much slower when on wireless rather than an older speed touch modem supplied by my isp (wanadoo/orange).
Should I look for a newer wireless modem or can I tweak things?
2007-03-18 00:12:27 · 6 answers · asked by whocaresaboutusnow 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
As you've not got 54Mb/s broadband then the reduced speed is not down to your wireless connection. Do you clear out your spyware regularly, that is a more likely cause of a slow connection.
2007-03-18 00:17:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mike C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In answer to your question, yes, it will affect the speed.
Basically, the Internet speed being delivered to your node, (House), is probably being churned out at around 100Mbs. It can get to these speeds because of the bandwidth it uses, 1Mb ISP - reasonable speed, 10MB ISP- waaahhhoo!! but none of this makes a difference if the connection media cannot carry that amount of data.
Standard two core cable, twisted pair, carries data but not very well. Coaxial cable again carries data still not very well and not very far. Fibre optics, great distances, lots of data very quickly. As soon as you plug in your modem router, all the information coming out of your ISP port will be reduced down to the speed rating on the router, in this case 54MB, nothing will be transmitted any faster.
So now you are reducing your speedy connection, what you paid for, to something that you had right at the begining without the costly upgrades!!
Now that you are all depressed a bit, it gets worst. Transmitting wireless takes a lot of energy and a lot of conversion time, and depending on how logical your system is, the information transmitted is even slower, sometimes between 27 and 12Mps and the further away from the source, the worse it is.
Choose a router with futureproofing and backward compatability. In this case quality rules.
2007-03-18 05:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by richard j 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! Not yet! Check your computer! Some of the computer have a slower wireless connection. Just replace the slower one and put the faster one. If failed, find a new modem.
2007-03-18 00:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tweak things first. Try this:
this is for broad band connections. I didn’t try it on dial up but might work for dial up.
1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator". do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.
2. start - run - type gpedit.msc
3. expand the "local computer policy" branch
4. expand the "administrative templates" branch
5. expand the "network branch"
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window
7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item
9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0
reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done.
There are a couple other little tweaiks that you can do , just try this first. Email me if you like for some other tweaks.
2007-03-18 00:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by codereaper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on a few things was your old router wired or wireless? if wired you will have a slightly faster connection but your internet isn't 54mbps my cable modem is 9mbps also if your further away from the wireless router it will function slower.
2007-03-18 00:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why don't you just change back to wireless?
2007-03-18 00:25:49 · answer #6 · answered by Nana Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋