Vista & Networks

[You]

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?

[Imagine]

That is your link speed, it's how fast your computer communicates over the network.

[Lycan]

Are you on wired or wireless?

[iFuseDan]

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.

[You]

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

[Agnostic Bear]

Wireless, my router is about 40 CM from my PC & yeah, i am on Virgin 20Mbps

How old is the wireless box, sounds like an old model to me.

[Stephen!]

Are you using a USB wireless adapter?

[You]

How old is the wireless box, sounds like an old model to me.

Two years i think? Netgear 54Mbps WGR614 v6

Are you using a USB wireless adapter?

Nope, network card thing is built into my PC.

[Agnostic Bear]

Two years i think? Netgear 54Mbps WGR614 v6


Nope, network card thing is built into my PC.

Hmm, if your pc is running USB1 it can only do 12Mbps...

[You]

USB1? How do you find out?