slower remote?

I am using a Microsoft MN-500 802.11b wireless network. My base internet
download DSL speed is about 3 Mbps. When I access this network with my Vaio
laptop I am only downloading at about 1.5 Mbps. Why is the remote slower?
If I redo my system with something more modern like a linksys 802.11g, would
my remote move faster?

My laptop is wireless capable for 802.11b/g



Thnx,

Willie

> download DSL speed is about 3 Mbps. When I access this network with my Vaio
> laptop I am only downloading at about 1.5 Mbps. Why is the remote slower?

> My laptop is wireless capable for 802.11b/g

That might be so but you haven't provided any information regarding the
actual connection data rate. It could be that your laptop has fallen
back to one of the slower data rates and thus you're getting slow
performance.

David.

"William Saens" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I am using a Microsoft MN-500 802.11b wireless network. My base internet
>download DSL speed is about 3 Mbps. When I access this network with my Vaio
>laptop I am only downloading at about 1.5 Mbps. Why is the remote slower?
>If I redo my system with something more modern like a linksys 802.11g, would
>my remote move faster?
>
>My laptop is wireless capable for 802.11b/g

I'm afraid that's about all you'll get out of 802.11b. A 3Mbit/sec
DSL connection will yield about 2.5Mbits/sec download speed. The
fastest 802.11b connection of 11Mbits/sec will only do about
5Mbits/sec thruput. Slower connection speeds are proportionately
slower, usually at about half of the connection speed. 1.5Mbits/sec
thruput sounds more like a 5.5Mbit/sec wireless connection, with some
interference or reflections to slow it down somewhat. Check your
wireless connection speed on the laptop.

If you want faster speeds, you will need to replace the MN-500 with an
802.11g wireless router. The 802.11g thruput are still about half the
wireless connection speed, but the connection speeds are much higher.
The 802.11g technology is also more immune to reflections and somewhat
more immune to interference.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for...ance_and_Speed

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"William Saens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am using a Microsoft MN-500 802.11b wireless network. My base internet
>download DSL speed is about 3 Mbps. When I access this network with my
>Vaio laptop I am only downloading at about 1.5 Mbps. Why is the remote
>slower? If I redo my system with something more modern like a linksys
>802.11g, would my remote move faster?
>
> My laptop is wireless capable for 802.11b/g
>
>
>
> Thnx,
>
> Willie
>
You're mixing up your MegaBITS with your MegaBYTES which is why one seems
greater than the other. Put both speeds in the same units.