Why my wireless connection so much slower than wired?

On my desktop (wired connection) I get about 10mbps down and 3mbps up, but on my laptop (wireless) I only get 800kbps down and 2mbps up. Two weeks ago, I was able to get the same speed as wired when I found out channel 11 was too crowded and switched to channel 1. Now, I am still the only network on channel 1, but my wireless connection has slowed down considerably. Small apartment, great signal strength...

Check out the WirelessNetView and tell me what's wrong, mine is J.S.Bach:


http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x34/lakersgo/Untitled.jpg

 

Channel 6 might be worth a try, the others on that channel are weak


Alex

 

which column do you look at to determine they are weak?

Btw, I've tried 2, 6 and 11 and I get about the same speed. Channel 1 still faster than 6 and 11, but it's so off the wired speed.

 

Was the network with the SSID Jogee123 around when you first switched to channel 1? I ask because that network is on channel 5 in the image you've provided, which suggests that there might be some interference between your network and that one.

Mind you, I don't really think that would explain such a great slow-down, but it's worth clearing up all the obvious low fruit first.

Also, can you open your task manager (or the performance applet if you're in Vista/Win7) and go to the networking performance tab and see what sort of percent usage your wireless adapter is showing.

 

Here is what the task manager shows:
bluetooth network: 0%, 0bps, Disconnected
Local Area Connection: 0%, 10Mbps, Disconnected
Wireless Network Connection: 0% 54Mbps, Connected.

When I do speed test at speedtest.net, the wireless network connection goes up to 2-3%. The 54Mbps is unstable, sometimes it goes down to 46, 38, and back to 54. I don't know...shouldn't it always be at 54Mbps?

btw, this is from my laptop...not the desktop.

 

Its dropping the rates due to signal quality. How far away are you from the router?

Also what WiFi card do you have?

 

I am just a few feets from the router.

Ok, admittely, the placement of the router is not great, under a table. But the proximity is very close and WirelessNetView shows good signal, so I don't know...maybe i will play with the placement a bit.

 

you can try with your notebook have a direct line of sight of the router.