Wired slowed by wireless? help please?

Question

I have had a wireless router for about a year and everything ran smooth on both my desktop pc's....about 3 months ago my mother bought a wireless card and since then the desktop pc downstairs has been running horrible on the net....very low speed/constant cut-offs...it would never say d/c but it would always stop loading....for a while i didn't believe it myself until today...i put an older desktop pc in my room I used online smooth for about 4 hours....my mom came home got on her laptop and since then my aim/msn d/c about every 20 seconds and i can barely load sites at all....help please

Answer 1

Your Mom's Laptop might be infected with Virus, Spyware or Adware. Update the antivirus and run a complete scan.



Install a personal firewall like Zone Alarm so that you would know which programs are accessing the internet.



Install DU Meter which can be download from www.download.com which would show you how much internet bandwidth you are using.



Also check the Logs in your router to see for packet drops.



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Answer 2

One word. Bandwidth.



In a very cartoon like example, try fitting a tube of chapstick through a drinking straw. That would be a slow and painful process. The same is the case when you have multiple computers on one network. Depending on your situation you can do a few things.

Do you know if anyone downloads alot? If someone at the other computer is downloading music and also on youtube, then you may not even load google.com fast. I have had it happen to me.

1. Call your Service provider and upgrade to a higher speed.

This will most likely cost you more per month.

2 I cannot assist with this, but Set bandwidth limits per IP on the router. Each PC, like the houses in your community have an address.

They have addresses like 192.168.1.1 with the last number being the actual Computers number. You can limit how much they can use so that every PC shares.



It can get to be a headache if you arent familiar...but a simple start would be to ask if anyone is downloading anything during those times of slow speed.

Answer 3

Mom may have a porn problem. Downloading large quantities will take up a TON of bandwidth and slow everyone else down to a crawl.



Serioously tho. Check and see if she is using LIMEWIRE or something that downloads music or something. Sometimes there in teh start-up and she may not even know she is running it.

Answer 4

definite that's well-known because a. 802.11g can get optimal speeds of 54mbps and maximum routers have 100mbps stressed connection. the reson why internet is slow is because the on the spot frequency runs on 2.4ghz alongside with quite some different such issues as microwave, phones bluetooth units etc they intrude with the signal therefore making it un-sturdy and provided that it has to flow via walls. I easily have purely lately offered a 5ghz frequency router im no longer dropping conections and im getting sturdy speeds. so dont hassle attempt to adjsut the position adult men of the roueter dont it positioned it next to different on the spot thngs which could intrude with its signal position it as severe up as posibble and if available contained in the centre of your houseso the signal is transmitted flippantly in all instructions. desire this helps.

Answer 5

may be if your blue tooth of wi fi of laptop has make intrusion in from of any virus or some thing

Answer 6

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