Alfa AWUS036H slow internet - download speed problem

hydrome

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Hello :), wondering if anyone could help me, basically just received my AWUS036H from Amazon today and my download speed which should be 30mbps is now 2-4mbps, my laptop which is right next to me using a inbuilt wireless card is working fine at the correct 30mbps download speed, also my laptop is picking up twice as much wireless networks than the Alfa on the pc, which baffles me seeing as my wireless card in my laptop isn't anything special at all just standard, I thought the Alfa should be superior in that area ?
one thing to mention i had bought the Alfa because i was having problems with a pci wireless card that was in the pc im using the Alfa on at the moment, the previous card had bad signal and the download speed was fluctuating between 10mbps and 1mbps and below that even, could it be something on my computer is interfering with the Alfa ? also could of been interfering with my previous wireless card too ? because that's what im thinking now
 
That is a old outdated card. It used to be very popular because it had good support for many of the hacking tools.

This is 2 generations old. The maximum rates it supports is 802.11g. There is 802.11n and now 802.11ac out. You could have actually gotten the alfa 802.11n version of that card for less money. Still for the amount they want you can get better cards from other manufactures that are dual band with mimo support.

802.11n is much more tolerant of interference and there is a lot in the 2.4g band.

 

hydrome

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I know its old, but wouldn't say its outdated as such, what i mean by that is, its still a fantastic wireless adapter from what ive seen and read, however i don't seem to be having any of the positives with it it, the fact it will pick up like 4 wireless networks and the AWUS036H is meant to be perfect for finding lots of wireless networks, yet my old laptop sitting right next to it can pick up 15 wireless networks, and surely just because its a little old shouldn't mean i get 2-4mbps instead of 30mbps, from what ive read so far, people are getting there normal download speed through this model, but i am not :/

 

Michael Lucena

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I have finally solved this problem after looking and searching everywhere, I cant promise this will work for everyone but the damn usb wire sucked!! I tested other wires and tho it still wasn't as good as my other wifi devices it still was a big difference. Try it and let me know your outcome