wireless network (spit)

[deacon]

When my wife retired she wanted a laptop with nothing attached to it, so I setup a wireless network. Since I had it I removed my cable network and bought a wireless transmitter for my computer as well.

It proved to be a monumental screwup. The wireless ran at best half speed, at worst 1/3 speed. I put up with the slower performance okay but it kept dropping me. Not to mention the nano second losses of connection the locked up the browser. I use my computer too much to tolerate that. So I reinstalled my regular cable network today. I had to do a few new things to it, but it's back working like a network should. I used the wireless gateway for my wife's computer.

I don't know about anyone else's wireless net but mine sucked eggs.

 

[skjjoe]

I use it no problems at all.What kind of router where you using?

 

[deacon]

Belkin wireless i don't know the model. I am still using it wireless for the wife and cable for me. My speed is back where it should be and my brower works all the time again no freezing.

 

[skjjoe]

belkin huh dont know about that one. Im using a linksys router and have never had a problem even with streaming vids and ive got two laptops on it at the same time . are you on cable internet?dsl? I did have problems when i was on dsl.

 

[deacon]

dsl but i never had problems till the wireless router... The whole thing is the wireless i have is a bottleneck speed wise. The wireless will not support more than 54k which is really fast dialup speed. There maybe faster ones but I didn't have it. Going with a cable into the router puts it back at 128k and is more secure, not from theft but from misreads.

 

[skjjoe]

As long as you dont need the mobility. I will plug in if im just sitting in my chair (which is most of the time) its much faster.

 

[TheE]

You sure it's not 54 MBps? That's the most common 802.11g wireless standard. Also way faster than almost any DSL connection. Idk why you were having trouble...I've been running wireless G for a long time at that speed and it works great.

Edit: Sometimes routers have weird power save modes which are enabled by default and reduce output. Gotta dig through them settings =]

 

[Kevlarr]

Edit: Sometimes routers have weird power save modes which are enabled by default and reduce output. Gotta dig through them settings =]

Exactly what I was thinking. Netgear is a bad one, they have a setting that is like a circuit breaker for connections, exceed the predetermined number of connections and it'll lock down until you reboot the router.

 

[deacon]

you are right it is megs... and thats what it does, just locks down and sometimes so tight I have to reboot the thing. I am back on cable an its much faster and much more reliable. I am just going to leave it for the wife. It is a g by the way.