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Confuseduser wrote:
> I have a home broadband network set up which has a desktop hardwired direct > to the router and a laptop which is wireless.the desktops broadband is very > fast but the laptps cconnection is slow and video content is very poor ( it > buffers every 1-2 seconds) can I hard wire the laptop straight into the > router using its wireless card (it has some phone type ports in it)to get a > better connection,or maybe there is something else i can do to speed it up. > I have noticed my wired computer is runningt at 108 Mbps and the laptop is > running at 54 Mbps!. > Any help would be grately appreciated. If your laptop was really "at 54 Mbps," you wouldn't have any complaints about speed or stops for buffering (assuming, of course, that your Internet connection is speedy and reliable). As Sooner Al said, you can very probably connect your laptop directly to the router with an Ethernet cable for a fast (100 Mbps, not 10  , reliable connection. You'll plug the cable into one of those "phone type ports" (not into the laptop's wireless card). The jack for a telephone connection is almost the same as the jack for the Ethernet connection, except the latter is slightly wider; make sure you plug the Ethernet cable into the correct jack. However, if you get your laptop close enough to the router to connect with a cable, the wireless connection will likely be faster and more reliable than it has been. If, contrary to what I just wrote, you have been experiencing the poor wireless connection notwithstanding that your laptop has been within 3 to 6 feet of your router, then either you are in an extraordinarily electronically "noisy" environment (microwave ovens, other radios/wireless devices, electric motors, etc.) or something is wrong with your wireless setup, most likely with the hardware. Have the antennas fallen off the router? Is the router down on the floor behind the computer case? For a related discussion, see http://www.ezlan.net/latency.html -- Lem MS MVP -- Networking To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer |
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Ok Ive got the laptop closer it is still saying signal strength very good and
running at 54 Mbps but video content still keeps buffering e.t.c do you think it could be something aside from signal strength (sorry to be a pain but computers really are a mystery to me!) "Lem" wrote: > Confuseduser wrote: > > I have a home broadband network set up which has a desktop hardwired direct > > to the router and a laptop which is wireless.the desktops broadband is very > > fast but the laptps cconnection is slow and video content is very poor ( it > > buffers every 1-2 seconds) can I hard wire the laptop straight into the > > router using its wireless card (it has some phone type ports in it)to get a > > better connection,or maybe there is something else i can do to speed it up. > > I have noticed my wired computer is runningt at 108 Mbps and the laptop is > > running at 54 Mbps!. > > Any help would be grately appreciated. > > If your laptop was really "at 54 Mbps," you wouldn't have any complaints > about speed or stops for buffering (assuming, of course, that your > Internet connection is speedy and reliable). As Sooner Al said, you can > very probably connect your laptop directly to the router with an > Ethernet cable for a fast (100 Mbps, not 10 , reliable connection. > You'll plug the cable into one of those "phone type ports" (not into the > laptop's wireless card). > > The jack for a telephone connection is almost the same as the jack for > the Ethernet connection, except the latter is slightly wider; make sure > you plug the Ethernet cable into the correct jack. > > However, if you get your laptop close enough to the router to connect > with a cable, the wireless connection will likely be faster and more > reliable than it has been. > > If, contrary to what I just wrote, you have been experiencing the poor > wireless connection notwithstanding that your laptop has been within 3 > to 6 feet of your router, then either you are in an extraordinarily > electronically "noisy" environment (microwave ovens, other > radios/wireless devices, electric motors, etc.) or something is wrong > with your wireless setup, most likely with the hardware. Have the > antennas fallen off the router? Is the router down on the floor behind > the computer case? > > For a related discussion, see http://www.ezlan.net/latency.html > > -- > Lem MS MVP -- Networking > > To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer > |
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Ok ive just tried an experiment, I loaded a website up on my dads computer
(wiggle.co.uk) which took 20 seconds to load, then I tried loading it on my computer and it took 4 seconds so would this indicate a software problem with my dads computer? "Confuseduser" wrote: > Ok Ive got the laptop closer it is still saying signal strength very good and > running at 54 Mbps but video content still keeps buffering e.t.c do you think > it could be something aside from signal strength (sorry to be a pain but > computers really are a mystery to me!) > > "Lem" wrote: > > > Confuseduser wrote: > > > I have a home broadband network set up which has a desktop hardwired direct > > > to the router and a laptop which is wireless.the desktops broadband is very > > > fast but the laptps cconnection is slow and video content is very poor ( it > > > buffers every 1-2 seconds) can I hard wire the laptop straight into the > > > router using its wireless card (it has some phone type ports in it)to get a > > > better connection,or maybe there is something else i can do to speed it up. > > > I have noticed my wired computer is runningt at 108 Mbps and the laptop is > > > running at 54 Mbps!. > > > Any help would be grately appreciated. > > > > If your laptop was really "at 54 Mbps," you wouldn't have any complaints > > about speed or stops for buffering (assuming, of course, that your > > Internet connection is speedy and reliable). As Sooner Al said, you can > > very probably connect your laptop directly to the router with an > > Ethernet cable for a fast (100 Mbps, not 10 , reliable connection. > > You'll plug the cable into one of those "phone type ports" (not into the > > laptop's wireless card). > > > > The jack for a telephone connection is almost the same as the jack for > > the Ethernet connection, except the latter is slightly wider; make sure > > you plug the Ethernet cable into the correct jack. > > > > However, if you get your laptop close enough to the router to connect > > with a cable, the wireless connection will likely be faster and more > > reliable than it has been. > > > > If, contrary to what I just wrote, you have been experiencing the poor > > wireless connection notwithstanding that your laptop has been within 3 > > to 6 feet of your router, then either you are in an extraordinarily > > electronically "noisy" environment (microwave ovens, other > > radios/wireless devices, electric motors, etc.) or something is wrong > > with your wireless setup, most likely with the hardware. Have the > > antennas fallen off the router? Is the router down on the floor behind > > the computer case? > > > > For a related discussion, see http://www.ezlan.net/latency.html > > > > -- > > Lem MS MVP -- Networking > > > > To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer > > |
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Confuseduser wrote:
> Ok ive just tried an experiment, I loaded a website up on my dads computer > (wiggle.co.uk) which took 20 seconds to load, then I tried loading it on my > computer and it took 4 seconds so would this indicate a software problem with > my dads computer? > > "Confuseduser" wrote: > >> Ok Ive got the laptop closer it is still saying signal strength very good and >> running at 54 Mbps but video content still keeps buffering e.t.c do you think >> it could be something aside from signal strength (sorry to be a pain but >> computers really are a mystery to me!) >> >> "Lem" wrote: >> >>> Confuseduser wrote: >>>> I have a home broadband network set up which has a desktop hardwired direct >>>> to the router and a laptop which is wireless.the desktops broadband is very >>>> fast but the laptps cconnection is slow and video content is very poor ( it >>>> buffers every 1-2 seconds) can I hard wire the laptop straight into the >>>> router using its wireless card (it has some phone type ports in it)to get a >>>> better connection,or maybe there is something else i can do to speed it up. >>>> I have noticed my wired computer is runningt at 108 Mbps and the laptop is >>>> running at 54 Mbps!. >>>> Any help would be grately appreciated. >>> If your laptop was really "at 54 Mbps," you wouldn't have any complaints >>> about speed or stops for buffering (assuming, of course, that your >>> Internet connection is speedy and reliable). As Sooner Al said, you can >>> very probably connect your laptop directly to the router with an >>> Ethernet cable for a fast (100 Mbps, not 10 , reliable connection. >>> You'll plug the cable into one of those "phone type ports" (not into the >>> laptop's wireless card). >>> >>> The jack for a telephone connection is almost the same as the jack for >>> the Ethernet connection, except the latter is slightly wider; make sure >>> you plug the Ethernet cable into the correct jack. >>> >>> However, if you get your laptop close enough to the router to connect >>> with a cable, the wireless connection will likely be faster and more >>> reliable than it has been. >>> >>> If, contrary to what I just wrote, you have been experiencing the poor >>> wireless connection notwithstanding that your laptop has been within 3 >>> to 6 feet of your router, then either you are in an extraordinarily >>> electronically "noisy" environment (microwave ovens, other >>> radios/wireless devices, electric motors, etc.) or something is wrong >>> with your wireless setup, most likely with the hardware. Have the >>> antennas fallen off the router? Is the router down on the floor behind >>> the computer case? >>> >>> For a related discussion, see http://www.ezlan.net/latency.html >>> >>> -- >>> Lem MS MVP -- Networking >>> >>> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer >>> Before we get all distracted into concluding that your problem is related to your wireless system, do another experiment. Disable the wifi on the laptop (there may be a small, inconspicuous switch, or you may have to press Fn+F2 or the like). If you don't know how to do this, do the following: open Device Manager (there are many ways to do this; one way is Start | Run, then type "devmgmt.msc" (without quotes) and click OK). double click the entry for "Network adapters" there should be at least 2 entries under Network adapters. One of them should be your wireless adapter. Double click on that one. At the bottom of the "General" tab, use the drop-down box to "disable" the wireless network adapter. OK your way out. Turn off the desktop and the laptop. There should be a cable going from the back of the desktop to the router. Disconnect this from the desktop and plug it into the laptop. If it doesn't fit into the laptop's jacks, don't force it, but I'm guessing that one of those phone-type jacks is in fact an Ethernet connection. Now boot up to laptop. You should be able to connect to the Internet. Does wiggles.co.uk still take a long time to load? Do you still have the slow video? If the answers are "yes," then your problem most likely is not your wireless connection but that the laptop is infested with malware. If so, see the following: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware Slow or Sluggish Computer: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm http://aumha.org/a/health.htm - Take Out the Trash (section 4) If connecting the laptop directly to the router DID speed things up, then post back with (a) make/model of laptop, (b) make/model of router, (c) description of where the router is physically located (e.g., on desk behind desktop computer, inside closet, in the kitchen next to the microwave oven, next to a cordless telephone, etc.), (d) for each of the computers, what version of Windows (XP Home, XP Pro, XP MCE), what service pack, and whether you have applied all of the "critical" Windows Updates). DON'T FORGET TO RE-ENABLE THE WIRELESS ADAPTER IN THE LAPTOP WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE EXPERIMENT. And re-connect the cable to the desktop. -- Lem MS MVP -- Networking To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer |
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