- Jan 13, 2014
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I'm having an issue with my wireless connection speeds.
Here's the situation:
My internet speed is 20Mbps. When I initially connected my laptop to the router wirelessly, my connection was painstakingly slow. On an Ookla speed test it didn't even break 1Mbps down. I had a full wireless signal. To diagnose the issue, I plugged my laptop directly into the router with an ethernet cable. So I ran a wired speed test and I got 20Mbps. Then I unplugged the ethernet, rebooted and ran another wireless speed test. Surprise! I got the full 20Mbps. So it worked fine for about two weeks, but I booted up my computer this morning and the slow speed had returned. Back to >1Mbps. I plugged into the router, unplugged, and it fixed the problem again.
So for my laptop, this isn't a big deal because I can just plug it in for a minute and the problem is fixed, albeit temporarily. My desktop is the bigger issue. I can run the same "fix" by lugging it up to where my router is located and plugging in directly for a minute, but it's annoying.
What's even stranger is that I've got two other laptops that never seem to have this issue.
Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? I've made sure that my wireless card drivers are up to date on the affected PCs.
The router is a Linksys WRT54GL
On my affected computers, one is running Win10 and the other Win7.
Any help would be appreciated.
Here's the situation:
My internet speed is 20Mbps. When I initially connected my laptop to the router wirelessly, my connection was painstakingly slow. On an Ookla speed test it didn't even break 1Mbps down. I had a full wireless signal. To diagnose the issue, I plugged my laptop directly into the router with an ethernet cable. So I ran a wired speed test and I got 20Mbps. Then I unplugged the ethernet, rebooted and ran another wireless speed test. Surprise! I got the full 20Mbps. So it worked fine for about two weeks, but I booted up my computer this morning and the slow speed had returned. Back to >1Mbps. I plugged into the router, unplugged, and it fixed the problem again.
So for my laptop, this isn't a big deal because I can just plug it in for a minute and the problem is fixed, albeit temporarily. My desktop is the bigger issue. I can run the same "fix" by lugging it up to where my router is located and plugging in directly for a minute, but it's annoying.
What's even stranger is that I've got two other laptops that never seem to have this issue.
Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? I've made sure that my wireless card drivers are up to date on the affected PCs.
The router is a Linksys WRT54GL
On my affected computers, one is running Win10 and the other Win7.
Any help would be appreciated.
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