How To Get Closer To My Wired 100mb on Wireless...

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klayton88

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Hi Folks,

Running Windows 8.1 on a Sony Viao - sve151j13m - i3 3120m

So wired im getting almost the whole 100mb via Virgin Media Superhub.

My wireless card is Atheros ar9485wb-eg and i am receiving no more than 50mb via a wireless speed test (aware this card is prone to trouble)

So i ordered this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00FV6H0X8/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 thinking it would somehow improve the speed although im still getting around 50mb on a speed test.

My router is a Virgin Media Super Hub 1 (not sure what model/manufacturer they use) and it is set at 2.4ghz and Up to 144Mbps (best for wireless range). If i change this to up to 300mbps i do get much better speeds but it will disconnect an awful lot and is not stable at all. (still on 2.4)

When I change to 5ghz on the SuperHub nothing connects, not my atheros network card or my new usb which connects via Ralink Wireless Utility, it doesn't even see my router.

I'm done with cheap dongles and an even worse Atheros network card. My Sony was new to market around 18 months ago and im shocked that for the price I paid im getting roughly half of my 100mb i get wired when on wireless connection.

I'm all for opening the panels, taking the Atheros out and putting a solid network adapter in. So.... which one??

I just want to know am i looking for pci/pcie? how do i find out what is what, im not the best with hardware. I obviously want a wireless n network adapter that supports dual band which is going to get me more than just half of the wireless i get now.

Sorry for waffling a bit, I'd just like to get closer to what im paying for, i know i'll never get 100mb when wired but i should be getting more than half.

All the wireless n network adapters i seem to see when researching seem to have antennas on them? are they not designed for normal laptops? i just want a card i can slip in and pick some better speeds up on.

If you've read this far then thank you very much for your time, and if you can link me to some products you think can do the trick i'd be very grateful.

I look forward to your responses

Regards

Ada,

 
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The reason you are connecting at 72.2 and 144.4 instead of 150 and 300 is you are running 20mhz channels. You may have to force it to run 40mhz channels...it may actually make things worse if you have lots of radio interference.

So I went and did some looking at that router you have. It is not really dual band it only has a single radio chip. So it likely does not pay to even look at dual band nics unless you can completely move to the 5g band.

The router is using a BCM43224 radio chip. This is a rather old chipset but if you go into the charts I linked in my first post and find other router marked as n300 or even n600 you will see they too get less than 50m. I do not know if any router and nic can really go a lot faster...
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bill001g

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You will need dual band nic cards to be able to use the 5g band.

The only way you are going to break the 100m speed is likely to go to 802.11ac routers and nic cards.

You want to see something depressing look at the results from this site.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/111-2_4-ghz-dn-c

This is what most people really get and this is using just a single wireless device talking to the router it is much worse when you have a bunch of devices.
 
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My router is fine... its my network adapter that i don't think is adequate, and having tried a 300mb wireless N USB the speed is no better. Maybe the USB clashes with the built in atheros, which is apparently N capable but i have my doubts as it connects at 72.2 instead of 144.4. I am looking for a network card for my laptop and wondering if this would do the trick...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Wireless-WIFI-4965AGN-Express/dp/B004KVH0CG/ref=sr_1_22?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1398093875&sr=1-22&keywords=wireless+n+network+adapter

It is dual band (as is my router) would this mean if i changed my router to 'up to 300mb' it would be more stable rather than it cutting out as much as it does now?

Regards

Adam
 
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bill001g

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The reason you are connecting at 72.2 and 144.4 instead of 150 and 300 is you are running 20mhz channels. You may have to force it to run 40mhz channels...it may actually make things worse if you have lots of radio interference.

So I went and did some looking at that router you have. It is not really dual band it only has a single radio chip. So it likely does not pay to even look at dual band nics unless you can completely move to the 5g band.

The router is using a BCM43224 radio chip. This is a rather old chipset but if you go into the charts I linked in my first post and find other router marked as n300 or even n600 you will see they too get less than 50m. I do not know if any router and nic can really go a lot faster. When the fastest router and nic on the market can barely do 100m on the 2.4g band it is asking a lot to expect a 4 year old device to do it.
 
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