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Thread ID: 74621 2006-11-29 11:41:00 MY WIRRLES SURF WITH LOW SPEED AS MY DIGNAL IS EXHELlENT antreas1983 (11547) Press F1
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502978 2006-11-29 11:41:00 Hi i have setup wirelles in my home my surfing speed and download is very slow but the same time the signal is perfect i don't understand why. for example my wirelles speeds is 24 Mbps and sometimes reache 54 Mbps and always signal is exhellent what i have to do ? p.s. my network with other computer in house is very good i don't have any problem. Anyone to help me antreas1983 (11547)
502979 2006-11-29 12:43:00 Your question is a bit confusing. What do you mean by slow? What speeds are you now getting? Suggest you try a speed test (http://www.speedtest.net/) and give us the result. And what country are you in? Greg (193)
502980 2006-11-29 18:56:00 Its wireless.

Wire - less. Without wires.
pctek (84)
502981 2006-11-29 20:02:00 Hi i have setup wirelles in my home my surfing speed and download is very slow but the same time the signal is perfect i don't understand why. for example my wirelles speeds is 24 Mbps and sometimes reache 54 Mbps and always signal is exhellent what i have to do ? p.s. my network with other computer in house is very good i don't have any problem. Anyone to help me

How far away from your wireless access point are you when you are getting the slow speed? How mnay walls in between you and the AP?

Wireless signals bounce off the internal walls of your house and thus degrade. The thing is, you can be sitting looking at your wireless strength, seeing it as good, yet when you try to downlaod stuff it is slow. I can sit in the front of my house and get "good" wirelkess strength from my 54Mbps net and download stuff at reasonable speed. If I then shift to the lounge at the other end of the house -- which is technically closer to my wireless AP -- I still see "good" signal strength but download speed is terrible.

The variables of the path the signal takes, bouncing off your internal walls and passing through them dictate your real throughput and this is not necessarily reflected in simple measurements of signal strength.Try sitting right by your wireless AP and doing a downlaod. Then move around your environment trung the same thing. Odds are you'll find some places that work well, others which are terrible.

If that's the case, and you really want to work in one of these "dead" zones, then there are two logical alternatives.

1] Set up a 2nd wireless AP by getting a cheap access point and connecting it to your main one via ethernet (can you run cable under the floor?) and have it located where it can then broadcast our wireless net clear to your desired location.

2] Invest in one of the new "pre-N" routers which are based on the draft spec for the new 802.11n spec. These actually use the bouncing off the walls problem to their advantage. I've tried one in my house and it gave me great signal strength in my problem area.
Biggles (121)
502982 2006-11-29 22:34:00 Welcome to PressF1 antreas1983 :) stu161204 (123)
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