Slow wifi download compared to direct connect

My home network is WIFI 802.11g setup ( router, laptop, desktop PCI
card etc.) connected to the internet via DSL that supports up to 3.0
Mbits/sec. The DSL bandwidth test website I visited showed a test
result for download BW around 500 Kbits/sec. If I connect the laptop
directly to one of the ethernet port in the router, I am getting 2.5
Mbits/sec (2500 Kbits/sec).

Is there any way to correct this problem? My laptop is a Dell710m
running WinXP SP2, and at the time I am doing this test, no other
system in the network is turned on.

Thanks for your help.

On 2 Aug 2006 13:55:25 -0700, "cmdrdata" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>My home network is WIFI 802.11g setup ( router, laptop, desktop PCI
>card etc.) connected to the internet via DSL that supports up to 3.0
>Mbits/sec. The DSL bandwidth test website I visited showed a test
>result for download BW around 500 Kbits/sec. If I connect the laptop
>directly to one of the ethernet port in the router, I am getting 2.5
>Mbits/sec (2500 Kbits/sec).
>
>Is there any way to correct this problem? My laptop is a Dell710m
>running WinXP SP2, and at the time I am doing this test, no other
>system in the network is turned on.

Sounds like wireless interference. See causes and possible cures in the
wikis below.

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