new wireless connection

I have just set up my wireless connection on my new laptop using a aol
wireless router. However, the speed of my internet is shocking, i've had
this set up for about two hours now and the internet site has still not
loaded. The signal strength is "excellent" Has anyone got any ideas on how i
could speed the connection up and what to check. Thanks x

Becca x

what is an AOL wireless router? As far as I know, AOL does not
manufacturer router hardware so what brand, type, model number? what
wireless card in the laptop. what kind of connection to the Internet
does the router have? dial up? dsl? cable?

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:50:28 +0100, "Becca x" <>
wrote:

>I have just set up my wireless connection on my new laptop using a aol
>wireless router. However, the speed of my internet is shocking, i've had
>this set up for about two hours now and the internet site has still not
>loaded. The signal strength is "excellent" Has anyone got any ideas on how i
>could speed the connection up and what to check. Thanks x
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On Sep 13, 9:50*pm, "Becca x" <be...@unknown.com> wrote:
> I have just set up my wireless connection on my new laptop using a aol
> wireless router. However, the speed of my internet is shocking, i've had
> this set up for about two hours now and the internet site has still not
> loaded. The signal strength is "excellent" Has anyone got any ideas on how i
> could speed the connection up and what to check. Thanks x

Signal strength is meaningless unless you tell us what level of
wireless networking it uses:

802.11n (draft) -- up to 300.0 Mbps -- a lot of adapter / router
compatibility issues

802.11g -- up to 54.0Mbps (officially) -- can be boosted to 180.0
Mbps / 240.0 Mbps with "enhanced" hardware

802.11b -- up to 11.0 Mbps

The above all operate with the same signal range. (2.4 Mhz)

802.11a -- up to 54 Mbps -- different signal range (5 Mhz) but uses a
shorter range.

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