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So, Comcast doubles my internet speed from about 55 Mbps to 120 Mbps.I have measured this increase on my Ethernet Wired Desktop. However all of my Wireless Laptops still only get the 55 Mbps that they used to. No dramatic Increase at all.
The Laptops are all "N" type networks as well as the routers (Netgear WNDR4500) etc. This is all on the 5Ghz Bands, I can place my Laptops within 2 feet of the routers and that's all they get.
Is this expected or should I get around 100+ GBS ?
Cut-Throat
Edits: 09/25/15Follow Ups:
I would try "ping" tests between your laptop and other devices to see if there are packet latency or packet loss problems.
I would also try transferring files locally on your network between computers to see if there might be some kind of interaction between the wi-fi and your ISP. If the problem is with the useful bandwidth of your laptop then you will see a similar limitation for local transfers.
If you care about speed, then your best bet would be to wire in the laptop when you need the speed. If it doesn't come with an RJ45 jack then you can use a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 to Ethernet adapter. These are under $30. (If I were doing local backups of a laptop I would probably use a wired connection and not use wireless as I've yet to see any wireless that works really well.)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I bought a RJ45 to USB adapter this morning and can get ~90 Mbps now on the Laptop.
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Hi
you can try to use and external 5GHz wifi usb adapter with a wifi 5GHz router.
I have an usb adapter by Netgear (4100) and a router by Asus (very very powerful). A little tricky to set up.
The combination works quite well.
Kind regards,
bg
Edits: 09/27/15
It is your devices internal wifi chip that ultimately decides your speed, given that you are sure that your router will put out 5ghz/2.4 ghz, or whatever bandwidth it puts out. It also, as what has been posted, the amount of devices you have on that particular network.
I still get ~50 Mpbs speed.I went to my Basement and unplugged the gigabyte switches on my main router which connects all my other routers and devices, so that I only had my wireless laptop connected to my main router. My Main Router is a Netgear R6300 (Manual attached). I connected my Laptop to the 5Ghz band of this router. Nothing else is on the Network except this wireless laptop and main router.
It seems to me that there is something limiting the Wireless speeds. This is on a couple different Laptops in my house.
Cut-Throat
Edits: 09/26/15
Are you certain that your laptops are connecting at 802.11n over 5GHz? Is it possible that you have other devices on the network at 802.11g speeds that might be slowing everything down?
I'm getting about 175Mbs over Ethernet and pretty much the same over my 802.11n at 5GHz wifi, as reported by speedtest.net. My wifi router is in the basement but elevated toward the floor joists. My laptop in the office is about 22' away from the router with obstructions being mostly the wooden floors and some drywall.
http://speedtest.net is popular
Here, I'm seeing about 175Mbs on downloads over my Wifi
http://speedof.me is probably more realistic
Here, I'm showing just over 100Mbs on downloads over my Wifi.
Thanks for the reply. I am not certain that the Laptops connect at 'N' speed, and I don't know how to tell. I am also sure that I do have other devices that are connecting at "G" on the Network. I do have about 3 routers on the Network.
I was not aware that a 'G' device connected somewhere on the network would slow other devices down on my network. Would a Squeezebox Touch connected to my network slow every wireless device down?
Cut-Throat
Wireless g max is 54mb. You are good, no worries ..,
If my Laptop is Wireless "N" and my router supports "N" why am I not getting more than 54mb on the Laptop? If I get 125MB wired?
Cut-Throat
some older routers don't go higher than G. to get around that you can either get them to upgrade the router to something that supports N, or use a WAP connected to your router. here's the one I use (link at the bottom):
I don't recommend getting another router if they won't give you one, most ISP companies prefer you use their router (at least that's the case with Verizon FiOS that I have), so you can just use a WAP to give and serve the wireless. I do that, I also logged into my router and turned the router wireless off as I didn't need two wifi networks in my house, I just use the wireless network created by the newer WAP (wireless access point).
Here's the manual.
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page 107 setup both the 2.4 and the 5 GHZ to the highest setting on "auto" mode and you should be all set. Then set a UNIQUE name for the 2.4 and the 5.4 GHZ and try connecting to the 2.4 wireless network with N and see if that is better. :)there should be 2 UNIQUE names for your wireless. one for 2.4 and one for 5GHZ.
Edits: 09/26/15
I have both the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz Bands named differently. I connect to the 5 Ghz Band with my laptop and despite being within 2 feet of the router, I am only getting half of the speed as my wireless desktop.
I am using the router as an Access Point and if I connect the Laptop with an Ethernet wire to the router, I do get the ~100 Mpbs speed.
Cut-Throat
You have to configure the router for N connect only to go higher than the 55m speed for a mixed g & n network
The routers that I use are the Netgear WNDR4500. I am using the 5Ghz band and configured as follows.
Wireless Network (5GHz a/n)
There is no 'G' network on the 5GHz .... My router manual is at the link below.
Cut-Throat
perhaps you have to set the lower GHZ to N as well?
Do your laptops support N at 5GHZ? There are many N laptops that operate at 2.4GHZ.
According to Netgear data sheet it supports:
IEEE: 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz
IEEE: 802.11 a/n 5GHz
But why do you have so many routers? Are they all configured for 5GHz? Have you tried just one router, leaving the others turned OFF ?
I have 3 routers (2 configured as Access Points) because I have a Big house, and as you know the 5Ghz Band has far less range than the 2.4Ghz Band. All of my routers have dual Bands.And yes I have tried just one router and get the same wireless speed result.
Cut-Throat
Edits: 09/26/15
Daveslater might be on to something. Can you set your router for 5GHz N ONLY . Completely disable 2.4GHz and other modes.
Have you looked up the wifi specs for each of your laptops to see what they support? Sorry for posting the obvious which you may have already explored.
Not sure what to tell you.
I think I've narrowed the problem down to my newer laptops (Which are not really a laptop, but Tablets with full Windows 10 O/S on them).... If I put one of my older laptops right next to my router, I get about ~90 Mbps wireless on the 2.4 Ghz Band..... So, I don't think the limiting factor is my network, but my Laptops.... Thanks for help.
Cut-Throat
I'm not positive what the answer is to your 2nd paragraph. Perhaps someone else can chime in. I thought it might be a possibility that other devices connecting at the slower speeds might slow others down.
not sure about cut-throat's situation, but if his wireless supports N at the router side he'll have to log into his router with his web browser and setup his Wireless settings to "mixed" which would most likely be B/G/N, if it goes that high. Most older routers go as high as G only, I pay for 35/35 but I still use an Enterprise class WAP because I rather have something better than the regular wireless provided by the ISP router.If you are on a "mixed" wireless setting and not forcing everything to a certain class (be it B, G, N, etc...) if N connects to a mixed network that supports N, then it should get N speeds.
I'm actually thinking about using Google's new router as a WAP instead, creating a custom configuration for it. Here's the link to it:
Edits: 09/26/15
Interesting. I wasn't aware of the Google OnHub, but most of our connections are direct over CAT5e Ethernet with only our portable devices on Wifi.OhHub looks like Amazon Echo's chubby little sister. ;-)
Edits: 09/26/15
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