When i go to Control Panel > Network & Sharing & Click on view status of my network, it says my speed is 18.0Mbps usually?
Surely something is wrong :S?
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When i go to Control Panel > Network & Sharing & Click on view status of my network, it says my speed is 18.0Mbps usually?
Surely something is wrong :S?
That is your link speed, it's how fast your computer communicates over the network.
Are you on wired or wireless?
You,
Looking this over, its definate that your on wireless - speeds will drop as signal quality drops. Now this could be caused by being too far away from your router or simply interference, how far are you away from your router? And if its less then 30ft if you were to think about the wireless going in a straight line, how many walls does it go through, or how many electriccal applicances does it pass?
Further questions, how old is your house?
18Mbps however is still faster than your broadband (as long as your not on Virgin's 20Mbps), so you should be fine.
Wireless, my router is about 40 CM from my PC & yeah, i am on Virgin 20Mbps :PQuote:
Originally Posted by iFuseDan
How old is the wireless box, sounds like an old model to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by You
Are you using a USB wireless adapter?
Two years i think? Netgear 54Mbps WGR614 v6Quote:
Originally Posted by Lolcopters
Nope, network card thing is built into my PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen
Hmm, if your pc is running USB1 it can only do 12Mbps...Quote:
Originally Posted by You
USB1? How do you find out?
I have no idea, but you live in the same city as me.Quote:
Originally Posted by You
Seriously though I really have no idea.
lol, ooer. I don't live too far from stanground :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Lolcopters
go to device manager and expand Universal Serial Bus controllers, if any of them contain "Enhanced" it's USB2 if not USB1
Even if it's USB1 i reckon it would still report the speed as whatever the connection between the card and the router is, as it would just be the interface between the card and computer running at 12Mbps. However it seems to not be a USB card anyway...
From Googleing the router i don't somehow think that is where the problem lies unless the router has been manually set at 18Mbps. Can you give any information about the wireless adapter in the PC?
http://i31.tinypic.com/mtpmvb.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveTaylor//
I don't think it is the wireless adapter because when i was on BT the speeds seemed fine & that was connected to the bt home hub. Is there any commands i can run in command prompt or anything to see information on the adapter?Quote:
Originally Posted by N!ck
Edit: Just looked under "network adapters" in device manager and it says "Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter"
Lol thats alot of USB :| and yes they seem to be USB2 well some of them may-be, most likely to be the IO Panel USB ports
Are they important? I only have one thing constantly plugged into a USB port o.O!Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTaylor//
Sorry don't quite get what you mean are they important? lol
The "USB Root Hub" lol, what are they for? :$Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTaylor//
I think they're each, individual USB port. And a Generic USB Hub (which you don't have) is a USB Hub which connects to one USB port, but acts like multiple USB ports, like a Belkin USB Hub.
Oh right, tar :P.Quote:
Originally Posted by GommeInc
Lmaoo, I haven't been reading this properly, that's just the speed you're connecting to the VM network dw about it, it's pretty much normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by You
It can't be too normal, it goes up to 100Mbps is im using a wired connection!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lolcopters
Yeah wired connections go on hub not link speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by You
Just another question - is there anything else connected wirelessly on your router? - also do you have WEP/WPA setup?
Nope, there was nothing else connected to the router & yeah, i do/did.Quote:
Originally Posted by iFuseDan
Just got a free wireless router from Virgin, the speed has gone up to 54Mbps now :D.
Sounds about right.Quote:
Originally Posted by You