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I have 3 PC's connected to the Verizon Actiontec MI24WR router. 1 PC is connected via Ethernet Cable while the other 2 PC's are connected via WiFi. Why is it that the 2 PC's connected via WiFi max out on download speed? When I go to speakeasy's speed test and do a speed test I only get 14,000 kbps. On the Ethernet connected PC I get over 20,000 kbps.
Why?
BTW the router and the wireless NIC's are all set to G only.
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Beg to differ. Encryption can certainly impact speed. WEP is often doen in software, so the actual encryption and de-encryption of the over the air data is often done by software, and while it doesn't take long to do it, it does take time, and the effect is a loss in throughput on the wireless connection. Most of the time the effect is small compared to other factors. I.E. if you are 802.11b at 11mbps, that is a 1 bit per 90ns. If software add 10ns per bit to that, you fall from 11mbps to 10mbps. In the big scale of things, you aren't likely to notice.
However if you are running at 54mbps, means instead of 18ns per bit, it is 28ns per bit, the performance falls back to about 35mbps. The effect becomes more dramatic on 802.11g at 54mbps, and far more noticeable.
Techman is correct that there are many more factors that go into wireless performance, and unless you want to carry out the tests in an anechoic chamber without WEP or WPA, there isn't a prayer that Wireless speed will match hardwired speed.,
Years ago I thought hardware are infinitely fast compared to software. It wasn't until I was intimately involved in the development of very fast hdd disk controllers that I discovered that 1 microsecond is very very fast when compared to milliseconds, but not so fast when compared to other microseconds...
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#2 UPnP in the router is turned off?
#3 And to the best of your knowledge, your computer(s) are clean? By clean, this means no malware of any kind...
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Beg to differ. Encryption can certainly impact speed. WEP is often doen in software, so the actual encryption and de-encryption of the over the air data is often done by software, and while it doesn't take long to do it, it does take time, and the effect is a loss in throughput on the wireless connection. Most of the time the effect is small compared to other factors. I.E. if you are 802.11b at 11mbps, that is a 1 bit per 90ns. If software add 10ns per bit to that, you fall from 11mbps to 10mbps. In the big scale of things, you aren't likely to notice.
However if you are running at 54mbps, means instead of 18ns per bit, it is 28ns per bit, the performance falls back to about 35mbps. The effect becomes more dramatic on 802.11g at 54mbps, and far more noticeable.
Techman is correct that there are many more factors that go into wireless performance, and unless you want to carry out the tests in an anechoic chamber without WEP or WPA, there isn't a prayer that Wireless speed will match hardwired speed.,
Years ago I thought hardware are infinitely fast compared to software. It wasn't until I was intimately involved in the development of very fast hdd disk controllers that I discovered that 1 microsecond is very very fast when compared to milliseconds, but not so fast when compared to other microseconds...
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I am going to switch over to WPA2 the way I had my Linksys before I switched to Verizon.
This is checked: Allow Other Network Users to Control Wireless Broadband Router's Network Features
All of my PC's are clean. I use NOD32 and a couple other programs to check for malware/spyware. One of the wireless PC's I use K9 web filtering. These programs don't make a difference to my wireless speed. With or without them the speeds are the same.
One wireless PC is 12' from the actiontec. So close I could run and Ethernet cable to it but why should I. The other wireless PC is about 25' away and there is the typical household wall between the router and the PC. Nothing is unusual.
Unless WEP is the culprit, I have to think it is the Actiontec Router.
I'll post back if my results change with WPA2.
Thanks guys.
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Thank you for the WPA advice. I switched both of my Wireless PC's to WPA2 and the speed is consistent and the same no matter wired or wireless.
I recommend for many reasons such as speed and extra security that everyone should change to WPA2.