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trafford457
(newbie) Wed 13-Feb-13 12:53:49

Speed difference

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I have a dell desktop & a laptop which are about 10 metres apart and the laptop on wireless gets about twice the speed on this site as the desktop. I am on BT infinity 2, i wonder if anyone can shed any light as why this should happen

greenglide
(experienced) Wed 13-Feb-13 13:12:48

Re: Speed difference

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Are they both connected by wireless? You says the laptop is but don't state whether the desktop is.

Are they both wireless n? If the laptop is wireless n but the desktop is only wireless g (either the limit of the card or the settings) then this could be a limiting factor.

You state the distance apart of the two machines. What about the distance from the router to both devices - 10 metres is a significant amount of extra distance for wireless. Does the distance from router to laptop involve additional walls etc?

Have you tried the laptop next to the desktop and next to the router? This is the true comparison!

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RobertoS
(sensei) Wed 13-Feb-13 14:58:09

Re: Speed difference

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What OS is the desktop machine running under?

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jchamier
(knowledge is power) Wed 13-Feb-13 21:20:41

Re: Speed difference

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In reply to a post by trafford457:
I have a dell desktop & a laptop which are about 10 metres apart and the laptop on wireless gets about twice the speed on this site as the desktop.

Which speed tester, the Java one or the Flash one? The site owners are recommending the Flash one at the moment as the Java one is affected by the version of Java on your machine and your security software.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/broadband.html

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trafford457
(newbie) Thu 14-Feb-13 09:31:09

Re: Speed difference

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I have the used both the java & flash tests & the difference is still the same

trafford457
(newbie) Thu 14-Feb-13 09:33:10

Re: Speed difference

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Windows 7

BatBoy
(legend) Thu 14-Feb-13 09:36:57

Re: Speed difference

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It's a known problem with the Homehub.

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trafford457
(newbie) Thu 14-Feb-13 09:50:56

Re: Speed difference

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the desktop is connected to the hub as to wireless n all I can tell you is the desktop is Dell Wireless 1506 802 11b/g/n (2.4GHx) & the laptop has a Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA min- card Network Adapter. The distance from the router includes 2 interior walls. When I put the laptop next to the desktop & router the difference in speed was still the same as before.

BatBoy
(legend) Thu 14-Feb-13 09:53:57

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Sorry, can you confirm if the desktop is wired or wireless?

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robertcrowther
(regular) Thu 14-Feb-13 10:15:46

Re: Speed difference

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In reply to a post by BatBoy:
Sorry, can you confirm if the desktop is wired or wireless?

The OP has said that the desktop is: Dell Wireless 1506 802 11b/g/n

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