Wireless connection has become v. slow.

Hi,

I borrowed my Mum's WinXP laptop, and changed the TCP/IP properties to use
a specific IP address and DNS server on my home wireless network.

I forgot to change these settings back before I returned the laptop, and
initially no internet connection was possible because of the incorrect
IP/DNS settings. So we changed the TCP/IP properties back to what they
were before --obtain IP and DNS automatically-- and now she gets an
Internet connection.

HOWEVER the Internet connection is now really slow on both her and her
boyfriend's laptop, even when right next to the Belkin Pre-N wireless ADSL
modem/router, when before it took just 2 or 3 seconds to load the BBC web
page, now it takes about 40 seconds. While I had her laptop her
boyfriend's laptop connected wirelessly as normal with no problems.

I am at a loss as to why changing just one laptop's settings could effect
the wireless connection of both laptops in such a way, but it's the only
thing that was changed.

Please advise me on how to resolve the issue.

Many thanks.

"MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:q9EAh.12062$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
> Hi,
>
> I borrowed my Mum's WinXP laptop, and changed the TCP/IP properties to use
> a specific IP address and DNS server on my home wireless network.
>
> I forgot to change these settings back before I returned the laptop, and
> initially no internet connection was possible because of the incorrect
> IP/DNS settings. So we changed the TCP/IP properties back to what they
> were before --obtain IP and DNS automatically-- and now she gets an
> Internet connection.
>
> HOWEVER the Internet connection is now really slow on both her and her
> boyfriend's laptop, even when right next to the Belkin Pre-N wireless ADSL
> modem/router, when before it took just 2 or 3 seconds to load the BBC web
> page, now it takes about 40 seconds. While I had her laptop her
> boyfriend's laptop connected wirelessly as normal with no problems.
>
> I am at a loss as to why changing just one laptop's settings could effect
> the wireless connection of both laptops in such a way, but it's the only
> thing that was changed.
>
> Please advise me on how to resolve the issue.
>
> Many thanks.

How do you know its not just an ISP issue and nothing to do with the
wireless? Is there another PC hard wired to the router to check it with?
Rob

Rob emailed this:
> "MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:q9EAh.12062$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I borrowed my Mum's WinXP laptop, and changed the TCP/IP properties to use
>> a specific IP address and DNS server on my home wireless network.
>>
>> I forgot to change these settings back before I returned the laptop, and
>> initially no internet connection was possible because of the incorrect
>> IP/DNS settings. So we changed the TCP/IP properties back to what they
>> were before --obtain IP and DNS automatically-- and now she gets an
>> Internet connection.
>>
>> HOWEVER the Internet connection is now really slow on both her and her
>> boyfriend's laptop, even when right next to the Belkin Pre-N wireless ADSL
>> modem/router, when before it took just 2 or 3 seconds to load the BBC web
>> page, now it takes about 40 seconds. While I had her laptop her
>> boyfriend's laptop connected wirelessly as normal with no problems.
>>
>> I am at a loss as to why changing just one laptop's settings could effect
>> the wireless connection of both laptops in such a way, but it's the only
>> thing that was changed.
>>
>> Please advise me on how to resolve the issue.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>
> How do you know its not just an ISP issue and nothing to do with the
> wireless? Is there another PC hard wired to the router to check it with?
> Rob

Unfortunately there isn't another PC hard wired to the router. But it
would seem an unlikely coincidence that the ISP would develop a problem
within a minute or two of Mum's laptop being reconnected to the network!

Any ideas?

Many thanks.

"MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Rob emailed this:
>> "MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:q9EAh.12062$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I borrowed my Mum's WinXP laptop, and changed the TCP/IP properties to
>>> use
>>> a specific IP address and DNS server on my home wireless network.
>>>
>>> I forgot to change these settings back before I returned the laptop, and
>>> initially no internet connection was possible because of the incorrect
>>> IP/DNS settings. So we changed the TCP/IP properties back to what they
>>> were before --obtain IP and DNS automatically-- and now she gets an
>>> Internet connection.
>>>
>>> HOWEVER the Internet connection is now really slow on both her and her
>>> boyfriend's laptop, even when right next to the Belkin Pre-N wireless
>>> ADSL
>>> modem/router, when before it took just 2 or 3 seconds to load the BBC
>>> web
>>> page, now it takes about 40 seconds. While I had her laptop her
>>> boyfriend's laptop connected wirelessly as normal with no problems.
>>>
>>> I am at a loss as to why changing just one laptop's settings could
>>> effect
>>> the wireless connection of both laptops in such a way, but it's the only
>>> thing that was changed.
>>>
>>> Please advise me on how to resolve the issue.
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>
>> How do you know its not just an ISP issue and nothing to do with the
>> wireless? Is there another PC hard wired to the router to check it with?
>> Rob
>
> Unfortunately there isn't another PC hard wired to the router. But it
> would seem an unlikely coincidence that the ISP would develop a problem
> within a minute or two of Mum's laptop being reconnected to the network!

So her boyfriend's PC was accessing the web at a normal speed right up until
the moment that you reconnected her laptop, at which point both PCs started
to access the web much more slowly? I suppose it *could* be a coincidence
but I think you're right to suspect that it could be related to her laptop.
What happens to the speed of her boyfriend's laptop if her own laptop is
switched off - is the slowness definitely related to her laptop being on the
network?

What happens if either PC is connected temporarily by Ethernet cable and the
wireless adaptor on that PC is temporarily switched off - is it possible to
try that?

Martin Underwood emailed this:
> "MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:LsEAh.12095$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
>> Rob emailed this:
>>> "MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:q9EAh.12062$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I borrowed my Mum's WinXP laptop, and changed the TCP/IP properties to
>>>> use
>>>> a specific IP address and DNS server on my home wireless network.
>>>>
>>>> I forgot to change these settings back before I returned the laptop, and
>>>> initially no internet connection was possible because of the incorrect
>>>> IP/DNS settings. So we changed the TCP/IP properties back to what they
>>>> were before --obtain IP and DNS automatically-- and now she gets an
>>>> Internet connection.
>>>>
>>>> HOWEVER the Internet connection is now really slow on both her and her
>>>> boyfriend's laptop, even when right next to the Belkin Pre-N wireless
>>>> ADSL
>>>> modem/router, when before it took just 2 or 3 seconds to load the BBC
>>>> web
>>>> page, now it takes about 40 seconds. While I had her laptop her
>>>> boyfriend's laptop connected wirelessly as normal with no problems.
>>>>
>>>> I am at a loss as to why changing just one laptop's settings could
>>>> effect
>>>> the wireless connection of both laptops in such a way, but it's the only
>>>> thing that was changed.
>>>>
>>>> Please advise me on how to resolve the issue.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks.
>>> How do you know its not just an ISP issue and nothing to do with the
>>> wireless? Is there another PC hard wired to the router to check it with?
>>> Rob
>> Unfortunately there isn't another PC hard wired to the router. But it
>> would seem an unlikely coincidence that the ISP would develop a problem
>> within a minute or two of Mum's laptop being reconnected to the network!
>
> So her boyfriend's PC was accessing the web at a normal speed right up until
> the moment that you reconnected her laptop, at which point both PCs started
> to access the web much more slowly? I suppose it *could* be a coincidence
> but I think you're right to suspect that it could be related to her laptop.
> What happens to the speed of her boyfriend's laptop if her own laptop is
> switched off - is the slowness definitely related to her laptop being on the
> network?
>
> What happens if either PC is connected temporarily by Ethernet cable and the
> wireless adaptor on that PC is temporarily switched off - is it possible to
> try that?

I just got an email from Mum's boyfriend saying he's fixed it. He didn't
say how, but all is AOK. Thanks everyone.

On 14 Feb 2007, MS <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I just got an email from Mum's boyfriend saying he's fixed it.

Perhaps you can get an explanation from him, so we all learn from it.
Personally don't like/want wireless but interested to know if it was
some odd situation (like second laptop needing 11 Mbps while first
was running at higher speed, so router switched down to slower
speed) and equally, 'how' it was giving poor speeds such that the
difference could be seen - with the wireless link usually a faster
speed than the internet connection (or do they have 16/24 Mbps ADSL?)

In message <45d31857$0$8759$(E-Mail Removed)>, Martin
Underwood <a@b.?.invalid> writes
>So her boyfriend's PC was accessing the web at a normal speed right up until
>the moment that you reconnected her laptop, at which point both PCs started
>to access the web much more slowly? I suppose it *could* be a coincidence
>but I think you're right to suspect that it could be related to her laptop.
Yeah, wonder if the OP did a little filesharing on the laptop and has
picked something nasty up?
>What happens to the speed of her boyfriend's laptop if her own laptop is
>switched off - is the slowness definitely related to her laptop being on the
>network?
Might not have any effect if it is a nasty, it could be on both machines
now!
>
>What happens if either PC is connected temporarily by Ethernet cable and the
>wireless adaptor on that PC is temporarily switched off - is it possible to
>try that?
>
>
>

--
Clint Sharp