What's up with my Internet?

[Connemara]

So last night, we installed a wireless/wired router. I've noticed that there's a marked drop in Internet connection speed on our desktop PC's. Does anyone know why this would be happening?

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Connemara

So last night, we installed a wireless/wired router. I've noticed that there's a marked drop in Internet connection speed on our desktop PC's. Does anyone know why this would be happening?

You might have a ****** wireless card.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

You might have a ****** wireless card.
But the desktop PC's are still wired.

 

[Go Surface]

You still haven't fixed it. Shame shame.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by Connemara

So last night, we installed a wireless/wired router. I've noticed that there's a marked drop in Internet connection speed on our desktop PC's. Does anyone know why this would be happening?

The answer seems simple enough to me. You're now sharing your connection with people that watching VOD internet Appreciation.

Seriously though, try having only one thing plugged in at a time and seeing how it goes. There are connection speed measurement sites you can use to test. Try plugging your connection into a different port since it is not uncommon for ports to go bad or even be DOA sometimes. If you're all heavy users it's obviously going to slow down even the wired users.

 

[TheHoff]

What was distributing the internets before? A different router?

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

What was distributing the internets before? A different router?
Yeah one without WLAN capabilities.

 

[TheHoff]

And if you swap it back in or plug the PC into the wall, the speed comes back?

Try going through the new router's admin panel and turning off the WLAN part and see if that changes the wired speed.

 

[contactme_11]

Somebody with a wireless card nearby is probably pulling your connection. I have this problem with a neighbor. The solution is lock your network.

 

[TheHoff]

Originally Posted by contactme_11

Somebody with a wireless card nearby is probably pulling your connection. I have this problem with a neighbor. The solution is lock your network.

It is odd though that someone jumped on it as soon as he put in the new router and that they are constantly burning enough bandwidth to be a noticeable drag.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

It is odd though that someone jumped on it as soon as he put in the new router and that they are constantly burning enough bandwidth to be a noticeable drag.

The latter part about burning enough bandwith, I agree with you about. But if one of his neighbors has a laptop and turns it on and sees that there is another wireless network they can get on that isn't secure, I could see how it would have happened that soon.

 

[Huntsman]

Simple. Wire all the desktops through the hardwired router. Plug the internet cable from the wireless into a port on the wired router. Do a google search for "cnet bandwidth meter." Perform said test with Wireless powered on, and then with the Wireless powered off.

That's how my setup is, and I flick a switch whenever I want to go untethered to limit accesibility to freeloaders (though of course I am running WPA2 and my signal isn't even available off my property).

~ Huntsman

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by contactme_11

Somebody with a wireless card nearby is probably pulling your connection. I have this problem with a neighbor. The solution is lock your network.

Or you could firebomb his house.

But your solution is probably better.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by lawyerdad

Or you could firebomb his house.

But your solution is probably better.

but yours is more entertaining

 

[Connemara]

Yeah, network is locked/password protected.

Huntsman, I'll see if that helps. Thanks.