Improving Internet Speed?

[scottish]

Yep as for wireless gets distractions etc from obstacles in your house and loses performance.

[L?KE]

BEAUTY.

I'll get onto it right away.

[MasterFM]

a dongle (love that word )

Mee to :p
for my old laptop i had 2 of them, both i ran up stairs with my laptop and well, erm,, i ran into a stair with the dongle pointing outwards ^_^

[Recursion]

You can't improve your internet speed much further without changing packages

[Agnostic Bear]

You can't improve your internet speed much further without changing packages

This, upgrade your package to get faster internet.

I'm on 20mbit/sec, that's all I can get from VM yet I can transfer files across my computer at 6-700mbit/sec it's fabulous. Just need 300mbit internet now.

[MasterFM]

This, upgrade your package to get faster internet.

I'm on 20mbit/sec

I'm on it too.
How much of it do you actully get though?

[tm]

As previously asked, is 11mb/s your internet or network connection speed.

Where are you reading 11mb/s from?

[MasterFM]

As previously asked, is 11mb/s your internet or network connection speed.

Where are you reading 11mb/s from?

Did you not read the thread?
Theres a speedtest.net result with 5.somthing mb as his download.

[Agnostic Bear]

I'm on it too.
How much of it do you actully get though?

20mbit/sec ALL THE TIME

[tm]

So 11mb/s is his network speed? Ok.

Check signal strength. (same place you read 11mb/s from). If it's poor/low then the problem is occuring between your router and computer. Check there's no fridges, tvs, microwaves, thick walls, cordless phones or other electrical applicances between your router and your computer. If your router is next to the TV then move it. This can dramatically increase signal strength which will in turn mean a better network connection.

If your signal strength is high, very high or excellent then the problem is your router. Check it's not set to only allow 11mb/s speeds in the control panel (consult your router's manual or do a google search to find out how to do this). If its set fine then your router is probably old or just crap. Get a new one, they're only about £25.

Your 5.something mb/s is from your computer to the internet server being used to do the test. This can seem very low because of your poor wireless connection. I suspect a 5.something mb/s reading on a poor/malfunctioning wireless connection would actually equate to 10mb/s in ideal circumstances.

To get the best of an internet connection, go wired. If you use Cat5e+ network cable instead of a G wireless connection you'll notice the difference especially in your ping which is important for online gaming in particular.

G/L