Hey there!
I have just got a new router. The Asus RT-N16. I have just used it for a LAN-party, and it worked great, with 25 megabit download and upload speed. But when I use it wireless with WEP or WPA encryption, it slows down to 14/14!
The only thing that solves the wireless problem, is to take the security off. Then it works flawlessly.
I have also tried to switch channel. No luck. How do I fix this?
Kind Regards, Peter
EDIT: I fixed it! I turned "B/G protection" off. What does it do? I was able to get 20/20 with wep and 25/25 with WPA
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You are not specific enough- does WPA mean WPA or WPA & WPA2?
Anyway- current generation of Wi-Fi chips is optimized for WPA2 + AES and anything else like TKIP not to mention WEP will severely reduce throughput.
I admit it's one of those things that may not seem to make sense when you hear it but that's how it is- theres an article and test conforming this on smallnetbuilder somewhere. -
Thanks for your answer.
But after I turned "B/G protection" off, it runs MUCH faster - Even with WEP. Why does it do that? -
I have no idea what settings on RT-N16 are but still the principle stands- use WPA2.
I couldn't find the article I mentioned but I found this in one of the tests on smallnetbuilder.
For this particular router throughput had been reduced by 71% when using WEP and 75% for WPA-TKIP compared to non-secured connection. WPA2 means only 10% of the throughput lost. That was for uplink.
For downlink it's 63% lost for WEP & WPA and no loss for WPA2.
This number are specific for tested router or rather its radio chip but the principle stands for all modern routers- you lose a lot with if not using WPA2.
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You are right. With WPA2 (AES) I get 26/26, that means, nothing is lost!
But then I found out that my brothers computer doesen't support WPA2. Damn! But we think we can live with the standard WPA-Personal (TKIP), we only loose 2-3 megabit.
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That's gotta be an old one. I haven't seen anything that doesn't support WPA2 since 2005. Driver update maybe?
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Check if your router has WPA/WPA2 Personal Mixed mode (TKIP+AES), which allows both WPA and WPA2 devices to connect.
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I actually have a normal version of this card, and on that, the driver works.
Flipfire: Thanks for the tip! There was a option for that! Thanks mate
Encrypting slows down the router =S?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by powerfull499, Apr 2, 2010.