Wireless to internet is slow, wired is FAST

[kevcarp]

Linksys BEFW11S4, v3.
Linksys says its the 2.4Ghz phones I have in my house. It was never like this before (just moved).

Any settings I can change on my Linksys? Have found the optimal channel and MTU setting. Anything else?

Wired gets close to ~8Mpbs, wireless is only 2.5Mbps. 4 wireless devices on network, 1 is wireless Linksys camera.

[Shinobi]

Linksys BEFW11S4, v3.
Linksys says its the 2.4Ghz phones I have in my house. It was never like this before (just moved).

Any settings I can change on my Linksys? Have found the optimal channel and MTU setting. Anything else?

Wired gets close to ~8Mpbs, wireless is only 2.5Mbps. 4 wireless devices on network, 1 is wireless Linksys camera.

First.. Welcome to SpeedGuide! :)
Seems like you got the internals down..
I post the following a lot, because it has made a difference in my wireless 80211.b setup..
Try making some parabolic antennas/reflectors.. very easy to do! :nod:
Check the following site:
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/
Look around the whole site.. has some really great setup's.. You can really make some up really cheap..I made some parabolic reflectors/antennas out of some thin cardboard and tin foil.
A lot of times, you can get four happy things by making some reflectors/antenna's up.
One, is you direct the signal from the wireless client to the wireless access point, for a more solid connection.
Two, You can gain a bit more "privacy" from your neighbors / war driver's..
Three you can increase speed
Four you can increase distance a bit more..

Your new place that you moved into.. "could" have some sort of outside/inside interference..
so this might affect your results, but I hope they help you! :)
Shinobi :thumb:

[Martyn21]

Hi I too have this problem however this is when I have a full signal and sitting next to the router so I dont think that interferance is a problem :( Any other ideas as to how I can speed up my connection?

Thanks.

Oh Sorry that this is my 1st post. Great site ;)

[chpalmer]

Are there other wireless networks in your area? Tried Netstumbler (.com) to see what if any are around? Tried differnt channels?

If you are on the same channel as a neighboring system yours will slow down as the two systems share the spectrum. Since the channels overlap going up or down one or two isnt enough. Try Ch 1 or 11 and see if things change.

But you need to know who else is on what channels...

[Martyn21]

Hi,

thanks for the info. I have now got it to start DLing at 1.2Mb per sec but it then drops gradually to about 680kb

Any other ideas? There is one other wireless netowrk about however this is weak and I dont think having an effect on my network as I have changed throught the Channel range and not had any differance.

Thanks again.

[alex_barringer]

Ok I will bite! You have multiple problems going on right now. Some of it is other wireless devices interfering whether they are yours or other peoples in other houses.

1. Make sure your BSSID / SSID (same thing) on your wireless access point and your wireless client are the same then, rename the wireless access point BSSID / SSID to something you would know quite well what it means, not the default crap is assigned to it by the manufacturer.

2. Save it, then use that exact phase in your client side SSID network ID, this will help you keep from getting datagram symbol interference from people that have the same router, same BSSID / SSID, but different MAC addresses than you.

3. The more you can set your wireless network apart from the other networks that use the same hardware and software the better off you will be.

Note: Just because you have full linking quality and signal strength is only part of the problem. When you are done assigning a new BSSID / SSID, I would switch on 128-bit WEP on the router, then pick a password that you will remember so you can put it on the client side. This also helps keep other intruders off your network and snitch your bandwidth. Changing your Username and password for the router is also highly recommended as well.

If you need more help with this I can give you detailed information on how to do it, it's also available at the manufacturers website and in the help files on the router itself when you log into the web management section.