Speed, Broadcom 802.11g and Intel PRO/2200BG?

[Guest]

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Hello,

Hope some of you folks can help me out and thanks in advance!

I just got this Acer laptop with a Broadcom 802.11g wireless card built in!
I also had a Toshiba ,which my husband is using now, which has an Intel pro
2200BG built in! We are running a wireless home network using a D-link
DI-624 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6. Now, with the Toshiba which is
a year old I get a speed of 2200-2500 kbps whan next to the router and in
the 1700kbps when in my office upstairs! The new Acer hardly gets 1400 kbps
when next to the router and 400-600 kbps when upstairs!!

I assumed before buying that the Acer should perform better, or at lease the
same, knowing that it had a dedicated G card unlike the Toshiba which has a
B/G card! Do I have a faulty card or is this just a matter of settings? It
is new so I can always take it back or replace it! Thank you for your time
and hope to hear from you!

Lisa.

 

[Dave]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

take them both back! 802.11g sitting next to the router should be 54Mbps!
if you are only getting 2500kbps thats horrible!

"Lisa" <Saranot1976@BADhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uETFFkNvFHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Hope some of you folks can help me out and thanks in advance!
>
> I just got this Acer laptop with a Broadcom 802.11g wireless card built
> in! I also had a Toshiba ,which my husband is using now, which has an
> Intel pro 2200BG built in! We are running a wireless home network using a
> D-link DI-624 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6. Now, with the Toshiba
> which is a year old I get a speed of 2200-2500 kbps whan next to the
> router and in the 1700kbps when in my office upstairs! The new Acer hardly
> gets 1400 kbps when next to the router and 400-600 kbps when upstairs!!
>
> I assumed before buying that the Acer should perform better, or at lease
> the same, knowing that it had a dedicated G card unlike the Toshiba which
> has a B/G card! Do I have a faulty card or is this just a matter of
> settings? It is new so I can always take it back or replace it! Thank you
> for your time and hope to hear from you!
>
> Lisa.
>
>
>
>
>

 

[Mac]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Sorry, Maybe I did not explain myself right! I am talking about internet
speed when checking that with online utilities such as CNET "bandwidth
meter"! As for the 54Mbps, that I don't know and I honestly don't care about
as I don't have a real network at home and I don't do much of file sharing
if any!


"Dave" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> take them both back! 802.11g sitting next to the router should be 54Mbps!
> if you are only getting 2500kbps thats horrible!
>
> "Lisa" <Saranot1976@BADhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uETFFkNvFHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Hope some of you folks can help me out and thanks in advance!
>>
>> I just got this Acer laptop with a Broadcom 802.11g wireless card built
>> in! I also had a Toshiba ,which my husband is using now, which has an
>> Intel pro 2200BG built in! We are running a wireless home network using a
>> D-link DI-624 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6. Now, with the
>> Toshiba which is a year old I get a speed of 2200-2500 kbps whan next to
>> the router and in the 1700kbps when in my office upstairs! The new Acer
>> hardly gets 1400 kbps when next to the router and 400-600 kbps when
>> upstairs!!
>>
>> I assumed before buying that the Acer should perform better, or at lease
>> the same, knowing that it had a dedicated G card unlike the Toshiba which
>> has a B/G card! Do I have a faulty card or is this just a matter of
>> settings? It is new so I can always take it back or replace it! Thank you
>> for your time and hope to hear from you!
>>
>> Lisa.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Jack]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi
Make sure that the Wireless drivers are not set to 802.11b only.
Might be that the TCP/IP Stack need to be optimized.
http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"mac" <Saranot1976@BADhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#UCUrGRvFHA.2960@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Sorry, Maybe I did not explain myself right! I am talking about internet
> speed when checking that with online utilities such as CNET "bandwidth
> meter"! As for the 54Mbps, that I don't know and I honestly don't care
about
> as I don't have a real network at home and I don't do much of file sharing
> if any!
>
>
> "Dave" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%2335HSrQvFHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > take them both back! 802.11g sitting next to the router should be
54Mbps!
> > if you are only getting 2500kbps thats horrible!
> >
> > "Lisa" <Saranot1976@BADhotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uETFFkNvFHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Hope some of you folks can help me out and thanks in advance!
> >>
> >> I just got this Acer laptop with a Broadcom 802.11g wireless card built
> >> in! I also had a Toshiba ,which my husband is using now, which has an
> >> Intel pro 2200BG built in! We are running a wireless home network using
a
> >> D-link DI-624 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6. Now, with the
> >> Toshiba which is a year old I get a speed of 2200-2500 kbps whan next
to
> >> the router and in the 1700kbps when in my office upstairs! The new Acer
> >> hardly gets 1400 kbps when next to the router and 400-600 kbps when
> >> upstairs!!
> >>
> >> I assumed before buying that the Acer should perform better, or at
lease
> >> the same, knowing that it had a dedicated G card unlike the Toshiba
which
> >> has a B/G card! Do I have a faulty card or is this just a matter of
> >> settings? It is new so I can always take it back or replace it! Thank
you
> >> for your time and hope to hear from you!
> >>
> >> Lisa.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>