Hi everyone! Ok, so here's the deal. I live in the dorms of the college I go to, which provides free Wifi throughout the entire campus, including said dorms. Now, I fully understand that every computer is different and Wifi itself has some inconsistencies with speed due to interference and such, but the discrepancy here is so great that I really would like to know if anyone knows what's going on here. Anyways, I have a custom built desktop running Windows 7, with a Rosewill N300 USB Wifi adapter (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166074). The case I'm using is a NZXT Phantom 410, with usb ports on the top right portion of the case, which is where the antenna is located. According to the Realtek LAN software that came with my antenna, I average about 58-67% signal strength and 90-100% link quality. On Speedtest.net, I get an average of 24-39 ping, 10mbps d/l speed and 6mbps u/l speed.
On the other hand, my roommate, who's literally like 5 feet away gets 10-12 ping, 70-75mbps d/l and 75-80mbps u/l on his 5 year old Macbook Pro. On the same connection. 5. Feet. Away. I get that it's a Mac, and he does have a higher tier one (has like an i7 or whatever in it), but I feel that there shouldn't be such a significant difference between our two computers. Actually, today was a particularly off day for my desktop, I was barely getting 0.5mbps d/l speed. I couldn't play League because it kept disconnecting from the game. It's different every day, I realize we're on a shared connection being a dormitory and all, but how come my roommate has a massively better connection than I do? I also own a Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049, and that averages 7-8mbps d/l and 10-13mbps u/l, but it's really cheap so I'd expect that. Is this an antenna thing? I mean, do I need to buy a $75+ antenna to get those speeds?
(Also, this isn't something I'm necessarily upset about, mostly just curious, although it would be nice to figure out a way for me to get at least a little closer to what my roommate gets). Sorry for the length book
On the other hand, my roommate, who's literally like 5 feet away gets 10-12 ping, 70-75mbps d/l and 75-80mbps u/l on his 5 year old Macbook Pro. On the same connection. 5. Feet. Away. I get that it's a Mac, and he does have a higher tier one (has like an i7 or whatever in it), but I feel that there shouldn't be such a significant difference between our two computers. Actually, today was a particularly off day for my desktop, I was barely getting 0.5mbps d/l speed. I couldn't play League because it kept disconnecting from the game. It's different every day, I realize we're on a shared connection being a dormitory and all, but how come my roommate has a massively better connection than I do? I also own a Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049, and that averages 7-8mbps d/l and 10-13mbps u/l, but it's really cheap so I'd expect that. Is this an antenna thing? I mean, do I need to buy a $75+ antenna to get those speeds?
(Also, this isn't something I'm necessarily upset about, mostly just curious, although it would be nice to figure out a way for me to get at least a little closer to what my roommate gets). Sorry for the length book
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