Internet Speed, Broadcom 802.11g and Intel PRO/2200BG?

Hope some of you folks can help me out and thanks in advance!

I just got this Acer laptop with a Broadcom 802.11g wireless card built in!
I also had a Toshiba ,which my husband is using now, which has an Intel pro
2200BG built in! We are running a wireless home network using a D-link
DI-624 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6. Now, with the Toshiba which is
a year old I get internet speed of 2200-2500 kbps when next to the router
and in
the 1700kbps when in my office upstairs! The new Acer hardly gets 1400 kbps
when next to the router and 400-600 kbps when upstairs!!

I assumed before buying that the Acer should perform better, or at lease the
same, knowing that it had a dedicated G card unlike the Toshiba which has a
B/G card! Do I have a faulty card or is this just a matter of settings? It
is new so I can always take it back or replace it! Thank you for your time
and hope to hear from you!

Lisa.

"M. Saddy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hope some of you folks can help me out and thanks in advance!
>
> I just got this Acer laptop with a Broadcom 802.11g wireless card
> built in!
> I also had a Toshiba ,which my husband is using now, which has an
> Intel pro
> 2200BG built in! We are running a wireless home network using a D-link
> DI-624 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6. Now, with the Toshiba
> which is
> a year old I get internet speed of 2200-2500 kbps when next to the
> router
> and in
> the 1700kbps when in my office upstairs! The new Acer hardly gets 1400
> kbps
> when next to the router and 400-600 kbps when upstairs!!
>
> I assumed before buying that the Acer should perform better, or at
> lease the
> same, knowing that it had a dedicated G card unlike the Toshiba which
> has a
> B/G card! Do I have a faulty card or is this just a matter of
> settings? It
> is new so I can always take it back or replace it! Thank you for your
> time
> and hope to hear from you!
>
> Lisa.
>

The first step is to use the latest driver from ASUS. You will not find
a driver from Broadcom itself. Broadcom users often find that the Dell
driver for that specific card works well, but I would not make that
change except in desperation.

Go to www.dslreports.com and/or www.testmy.net and run multiple speed
tests to determine the maximum upload and download for both computers.
Before you start the testing, orient both laptops for maximum signal
quality. Note that broadband is shared, so if one computer is say doing
P2P, it can throttle the bandwidth for the other computer. Disable any
NICs, like the wired ethernet NIC, that are not being used. Download a
copy of winsockxpfix.exe (Google) and run on both computers to fix
anything broken in the TCP/IP layered services.

Make certain that only one of the vendor's management utility or
wireless zero configuration service is managing the connections. You
might also reboot the entire system, the first step for diagnosing any
broadband issues. Shut down the computers, router, and modem. Bring up
the modem first, wait a few seconds for it to stabilize, then the
router, and then both computers.

Q