Is there a way to increase speed

Using a Linksys WRT54G router with a broadcom card. Hooked up to a cable
modem.

Connected directly to the cable modem I get download speeds up to 4mbps.
With the router I get half that speed.

Is it possible to use wireless and get the full speed benefit of this cable
modem?

> Using a Linksys WRT54G router with a broadcom card. Hooked up to a cable
> modem.
>
> Connected directly to the cable modem I get download speeds up to 4mbps.
> With the router I get half that speed.

What OS?
What wireless NIC *exactly*?
What encryption?
What PC spec?

Pulled out of email reply...

>> Using a Linksys WRT54G router with a broadcom card. Hooked up to a
cable
>> modem.
>>
>> Connected directly to the cable modem I get download speeds up to
4mbps.
>> With the router I get half that speed.
>
> What OS?
> What wireless NIC *exactly*?
> What encryption?
> What PC spec?
>

>XP
>802.11 b/g
>WPA-PSK
>PC spec? what do you mean

There are a number of variables at work here and still without the
information it's hard to answer.

I'll assume from "802.11 b/g" that you means that's the card speed? I
know the router is a g but you haven't said what card you have
*exactly*.

What rate is that connecting at? Just because it's a g card to a g
router doesn't mean that the signalling rate is always going to be
54Mbps regardless of how far away you are. One of my machines here has
a g card and is presently connected at 2Mbps due to where it is.

If you're PC spec is so utterly low that it just can't do encryption to
save its life then that will have a factor but you haven't said what
spec it is.

So first things first, check that the PC is connected at highest speed
first, if things are still slow, then turn off encryption and see what
throughput you get.

David.

David Taylor wrote:

> Pulled out of email reply...
>
>>> Using a Linksys WRT54G router with a broadcom card. Hooked up to a
> cable
>>> modem.
>>>
>>> Connected directly to the cable modem I get download speeds up to
> 4mbps.
>>> With the router I get half that speed.
>>
>> What OS?
>> What wireless NIC *exactly*?
>> What encryption?
>> What PC spec?

>>PC spec? what do you mean
>
> If you're PC spec is so utterly low that it just can't do encryption to
> save its life then that will have a factor but you haven't said what
> spec it is.

And you haven't answered his question about what you mean by "PC spec". I'd
guess you want to know type of processor and speed, but it's a new one on
me, too.
--
derek

> And you haven't answered his question about what you mean by "PC spec". I'd
> guess you want to know type of processor and speed, but it's a new one on
> me, too.

Had I put a . at the end of spec. would that have made it clearer?!

PC Spec. as in abbreviation for "specification"

> Had I put a . at the end of spec. would that have made it clearer?!
>
> PC Spec. as in abbreviation for "specification"

Sorry, but it still isn't clear to me what this is asking. But I have an
Intel celeron processor 2.8 Ghz with 512 megs of RAM. This is an HP laptop.

I tried looking at the network icons in the tray and everything indicates
54mbps. I am sure that is not what you are looking for.

> > PC Spec. as in abbreviation for "specification"
>
> Sorry, but it still isn't clear to me what this is asking. But I have an
> Intel celeron processor 2.8 Ghz with 512 megs of RAM. This is an HP laptop.

Specification of the PC, PC Specification, PC Spec, i'm not sure how
else to ask that?! All I was getting at was that when you're wired,
there's no encryption taking place, when you're wireless you have
encryption. If the processor is a cruddy old one then it's possible
that the processor was an overhead. In your case, it's not.

> I tried looking at the network icons in the tray and everything indicates
> 54mbps. I am sure that is not what you are looking for.

Right, so back to the earlier question, have you tried the same speed
test with all the encryption turned off anyway? It could be that the
access point is processor bound. I haven't done any throughput tests on
that router.

David.

David Taylor wrote:

>> And you haven't answered his question about what you mean by "PC spec".
>> I'd guess you want to know type of processor and speed, but it's a new
>> one on me, too.
>
> Had I put a . at the end of spec. would that have made it clearer?!
>
> PC Spec. as in abbreviation for "specification"

Yeah, I got that, but a PC has a lot of specs, and I wasn't sure which ones
you'd be interested in either.
--
derek