New desktop wireless slower than old laptop

[ryancanderson]

I just got new desktop and the wireless internet is about half the speed as my old laptop. The network adapter on the new desktop is 802.11n Wireless LAN Card, the laptop has Atheros AR5B91 adapter. the wireless router is a netgear N300. any suggestions? BTW, I have almost no computer knowledge.

 

[inzone]

Are you connected by wire or wireless from the new computer to the router ? Did you connect to your home network and enter in the network password? Or are you connected as guest ?

 

[ryancanderson]

Are you connected by wire or wireless from the new computer to the router ? Did you connect to your home network and enter in the network password? Or are you connected as guest ?

They are both connected by wireless, and both are signed in. And its a noticeable difference, the laptop is twice as fast on speedtests and its 4 years older. Thanks for any help you can give me.