Wireless Download Speed question?

[fred344]

I have 3 Meg broadband. I download a file at a transfer rate of about 260Kbps. FIne. No problem there.

Now I try to Download the same file using my internal wireless adapter instead of the ethernet cable. I get half the speed (130Kbps) and I am beside the antenna (signal strength excellent).

What speed should I be getting? If my wireless adapter can manage 56Mbps then I see no reason why it can't manage a paltry 260Kbps or more. Thanks.

[boink]

does your router transmit at this speed though? it will need to be wireless G, wireless N or wireless B rather than wireless A which is 11Mbps

[fred344]

It's wireless G but even if it was wireless B (11Mb) it would still be more than enough to handle the 260Kbps that it should be downloading at. I should be getting a transfer rate of 260Kbps shouldn't I?

[OBonio]

802.11B is 11Mbps.. 802.11A is 22Mb.. anyway, I digress.

What speed does the wireless connection claim to be running at? It is possible to force this to 1Mb on some adapters.

Go to Start, Settings, Network Connections and select your wireless connection. Properties, ensure 'Show icon in notification area when connected' is ticked (this will tell you how fast the connection is by means of a little blue/black flashing icon at the bottom right). Click Configure next to the wireless card and under the advanced tab there should be a setting do with speed / duplex.

[fred344]

At work at the moment so will try later on and let you know. Thanks.

[Jonah Hex]

if you have wep or wpa enabled this will drastically reduce your transfer rates if i remember correctly.