Wireless network slow on some sites

Hi, I just installed a Belkin Wireless G router on my network to be used
as a wireless access point. Since using my laptop with the wireless
network connection I found some downloads to be slower than when I used
to use the laptop with my wired LAN. I ran a speedtest on the wireless
LAN and found it to read 165kbps which was the same result I was getting
on the wired LAN. However, downloading from rapidshare and other sites
has revealed a maximum speed of around 50kbps on the wireless LAN
whereas I would get at least 150kbps on the wired LAN. Strange thing is
though, downloading from sites like adobe.com I get speeds
150kbps-160kbps on the wireless LAN just as I would normally get on the
wired LAN. Why is there this large fluctuation in download speeds from
different sites, there was never this big a fluctuation on the wired
LAN??? I had the laptop sitting right next to the router when doing
these downloads with a 100% signal strength and the router set to G and
54mbps tx rate. Help is greatly appreciated .


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> However, downloading from rapidshare

So you're complaining about slow porn and warez.

> and other sites
> has revealed a maximum speed of around 50kbps on the wireless LAN
> whereas I would get at least 150kbps on the wired LAN. Strange thing is
> though, downloading from sites like adobe.com I get speeds
> 150kbps-160kbps on the wireless LAN just as I would normally get on the
> wired LAN.

There are too many variables to consider. You'd have to try them back to
back, from the same network sources to make fair comparisons. Not all
distant servers come through the same routes or have the same bandwidth.