Hi. Recently moved into a new flat and am having issues with the speed of wireless internet on my computer (desktop). It connects fine and tells me I have a good signal (4 bars out of 5 minimum), however the actual speed it gets is incredibly slow. My laptop, on the other hand, despite being next to the desktop connects fine and has very quick speeds and no issues at all.
I don't use the laptop really other than when I need to work away from my desk, as it's relatively old and slow, and the sound card no longer works. When at home, I use my desktop, however the issues with the internet are causing me some problems.
As I said, the laptop and desktop occupy the same desk when I'm connected, so I'm not sure why there is such a difference in the speeds. Particularly as my computer is a year old custom build (with a new wireless adapter, an Edimax EW-7612PIn 300Mbps Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCI-e Adapter to be precise), and my laptop is about 6 years old and only has a built in wireless adapter (Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN). If it was a problem with the adapter, I would've thought I'd have issues with getting signal, or the internet dropping out, however that isn't the issue, it's purely slow speeds, so perhaps it's some kind of configuration issue on my desktop?
I ran some speed tests and got 34.89mbps down, 9.87 up and 14ms ping on my laptop, but on my computer I ended up with 0.63mbps down, 0.02 up and 40ms ping. I did both these speed tests at the same time. Often I can't even complete a speed test on my computer, the speed is that bad.
Would appreciate any help, thanks.
I don't use the laptop really other than when I need to work away from my desk, as it's relatively old and slow, and the sound card no longer works. When at home, I use my desktop, however the issues with the internet are causing me some problems.
As I said, the laptop and desktop occupy the same desk when I'm connected, so I'm not sure why there is such a difference in the speeds. Particularly as my computer is a year old custom build (with a new wireless adapter, an Edimax EW-7612PIn 300Mbps Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCI-e Adapter to be precise), and my laptop is about 6 years old and only has a built in wireless adapter (Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN). If it was a problem with the adapter, I would've thought I'd have issues with getting signal, or the internet dropping out, however that isn't the issue, it's purely slow speeds, so perhaps it's some kind of configuration issue on my desktop?
I ran some speed tests and got 34.89mbps down, 9.87 up and 14ms ping on my laptop, but on my computer I ended up with 0.63mbps down, 0.02 up and 40ms ping. I did both these speed tests at the same time. Often I can't even complete a speed test on my computer, the speed is that bad.
Would appreciate any help, thanks.