corsasport.co.uk
 

Corsa Sport » Message Board » Off Day » Geek Day » Broadband upgrade


New Topic

New Poll
  Subscribe | Add to Favourites

You are not logged in and may not post or reply to messages. Please log in or create a new account or mail us about fixing an existing one - register@corsasport.co.uk

There are also many more features available when you are logged in such as private messages, buddy list, location services, post search and more.


Author Broadband upgrade
--Dave--
Banned

Registered: 17th Feb 04
Location: Essssseeeeex Drives: Black Supra TT
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



Just got my broadband upgraded to 4meg (from 2meg). Some of you may know that I'm currently using a wireless router to connect to the net from my laptop.

When I'm downstairs (wireless), downloads are nowhere near what they should be, I'm getting 230-260kb/s.

When I go upstairs and plug in the ethernet cable, I'm getting 600-630kb/s.

Am I right in thinking that my wireless router can't handle the download speeds? Are there any routers out there that can?

Cheers

Dave
Marc
Member

Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I notice differences depending how close I am to the router.
--Dave--
Banned

Registered: 17th Feb 04
Location: Essssseeeeex Drives: Black Supra TT
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the signal strength still says 'Excellent' though.
Marc
Member

Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Could be then that the router is transmiting as quickly as it can.
--Dave--
Banned

Registered: 17th Feb 04
Location: Essssseeeeex Drives: Black Supra TT
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

was trying to find specs of it last night but had no luck. I thought it would be capable.
_Allan_
Member

Registered: 24th Mar 04
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Check to see if your router has a firmware upgrade. Most should have the option in the admin login.
--Dave--
Banned

Registered: 17th Feb 04
Location: Essssseeeeex Drives: Black Supra TT
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 10:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cheers Allan, will try that
Bart
Member

Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 11:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

is this the same download your doing tho?

your download speed is massively affected by where your downloading from.
IF your talking about torrents, i wouldnt take that at face value.

Also, your broadband will take a couple of days to settle down.
i wouldnt go upgrading your firmware just yet if i was you.
Plus, i would only tend to upgrade firmware if it was the last option, as it can be risky.
--Dave--
Banned

Registered: 17th Feb 04
Location: Essssseeeeex Drives: Black Supra TT
User status: Offline
23rd May 06 at 11:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

it's not torrents. Have been downloading stuff from the microsoft website and doing speed tests from numerous sources.

Like I said, it works fine when the ethernet cable is plugged in, it's only slow over wireless

 
New Topic

New Poll

  Related Threads Author Forum Replies Views Last Post
Which Broadband provider...? Dav Geek Day 23 1897
15th Apr 04 at 23:46
by Jason
 
Help with internet... the_legend_of_yrag Geek Day 14 1529
18th Jan 04 at 13:48
by the_legend_of_yrag
 
NTL customers... :D liamC General Chat 39 2458
10th Mar 05 at 01:47
by Dave17
 
8mb broadband question Bart Geek Day 3 1105
6th Jan 06 at 11:39
by Jodi_the_g
 
broadband upgrade Corsa Sport Gav Geek Day 4 1354
26th Apr 06 at 19:29
by John
 

Corsa Sport » Message Board » Off Day » Geek Day » Broadband upgrade 29 database queries in 0.0106919 seconds