Increasing speed on Wireless?

Octavian · 2004-02-13, 04:22 PM

I seriously need to increase me speed. The main computer is running on DSL, mine is connected to that one by Wireless. But a 133 meg download transfer rate is only going at 9 KB/Sec. Incredibly slow IMO. So are there any tools for increasing the rate?

EDIT - Err never mind, I downloaded FreshDownload, then it downloaded Savage Eden(133 megs) in around 10 mins. Literally.

Rbstr · 2004-02-13, 04:47 PM

a wireless Network shoudl be pleanty fast to keep up with DSL, even if its only 802.11b (10mbps)

Are you using a router? or is that main computer acting as the router? if you main computer was not all that fast that and you have the later connection that my be your problem

Octavian · 2004-02-13, 06:13 PM

It's just that the Internet isn't as fast as it could be.

Smaug · 2004-02-13, 09:11 PM

the dl speed doesn't only depend on your internet connection, it also depends on the servers connection, and the server's load at the time.

Octavian · 2004-02-13, 11:52 PM

Yes I know, but I'm also talking about increasing the speed in general.

Smaug · 2004-02-14, 02:07 PM

Oh you mean increasing the speed of every single piece of hardware connected to the internet. Well thats a little more difficult

. But its coming, soon enough we'll have 10mbps. Korea has 56mbps internet atm because they have such a strong industry. It could happen in america but it will take a bit longer.

Rbstr · 2004-02-15, 11:26 AM

i want my Faster ethernet to be utilized, i barely use 3% of it.

When people complain about networks being slow, its either a hardware problem or a crapy connection, because, isn't even a t1 slower than 802.11b?

Phaelon · 2004-02-19, 10:44 AM

T1 - 1.544 Mbps - Mega-bits per second - There are 8 bits in a Byte, so with a T1 your theoretical bandwidth is 193 KBps - Kilo-Bytes per second
100 Mbps home network is roughly 12.5 MBps
bits = b
Bytes = B

802.11 = 11 Mbps - which equals 1.375 MBps
Home DSL is generally 764 Kbps down/348 Kbps up. This comes out to 95.5 KBps down and 43.5 KBps up.

This is all theoretical, because you generally can't get the maximum because of information that is attached to packets to identify them and because of the need to establish a hand-shake type authentication with TCP/IP.

If a download is going at 9KBps through your Router, I would try connecting the computer locally through the router on the 100Mbps network. If the problem persists it is a router issue. If you can download it close to 90 KBps, then it is a wireless issue.

Rbstr · 2004-02-19, 04:18 PM

a t1 is only 1.544 Mbps? thats slower than my cable connection. sweet