Wireless Linkl Speed

HI,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum or even approriate to this site but i have a query about wireless connection speed.

I have an ADSL connection which works OK for PCs connected to the router/modem via a wired conection. But I also have a PC connected via a wireless link (via a Belkin Pre-N mimo router being used as an access point). The signal strength says very good and when I used it without security it seems to access the internet OK.

However when I switched on security it seems very slow & most pages time out & I have to retry. Two questions:
1. How can I find out what the throughput rate is? Any ideas?
2. Is there any way I can speed this up?

I'm not very techie - at least in this area I'm a novice - so please keep it simple.

Thanks

Security being on or off should make no difference to your connection. There is a possibility that when you have security switched off you are actually connecting to a neighbour's unsecured system.

To check your throughput do a speed test, perhaps at the thinkbroadband main site or http://www.speedtest.net/

You could download the freeware TCPOptimizer to tweak your PC settings.

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

signal strength may say very good but be at 1Mbit/s - check what the wireless data rate is from the client utility or by hovering mounse over the connection icon.

Do you share files between a wired and the wireless PC ? move something big and time it or watch the Network Connection tab after pressing Ctrl/Shift/Esc

Sounds like you have deduced it is down to security - is there a firmware upgrade available for the router or the wireless client device ?

I have tried speed test. Gave much the same result on a wired PC as on a wireless PC.
Mind you since the post I have installed a small utility that allows me to check on what rubbish is loaded on startup. Apart from some recognisable stuff which I didn't want there was one dodgy looking item that I disabled. Maybe that was causing slowdown. However it still times out more on wireless.

I've decided the real solution is to bite the bullet & migrate from crappy really slow & overpirced Pipex to much faster anything at a cheaper price - lots of possibilities but I may go for ZEN Internet. Should have done this a long time ago but too much inertia.