How to optimize wan connection?

[HeXploiT]

I'm using a broadcom 802.11g card on my notebook and when watching videos or downloading I seem to average about 60kbps. About half my cap. My Main rig is using a standard network card and it comfortably downloads at my broadband cap which is 126kbps.
This causes problems on my notebook as my videos are always buffering which is as annoying as hell. So how can I optimize my wireless connection to its full potential?
My signal strength is excellent so that is definitely not the issue.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Go into your routers configuration page and set QoS settings on your notebooks IP to the "higher" setting. Take this with a grain of salt, I'm new to this stuff and if you look at my thread in this subforum you'll see why.


OMG, I just gave someone Networking advice! Sky must be falling :laugh:

 

[spidey07]

Wireless is flaky and slow. Try changing channels on you router to 1, 6 or 11 and eliminate any possible interference (cordless phones, bluetooth, microwave ovens).

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.ezlan.net/wbars.html

Optimizing the TCP/IP Stack - http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html

 

[ScottMac]

Download and run Netstumbler (www.netstumbler.com , it's free). It will show you what channels are in use, and general interference.

Pick the least congested, least interfered with of channels 1, 6, and 11.

Forget QOS, unless you are talking within your own LAN, and it is set up for it.

"QOS" only works when the active infrastructure is set up for it end-to-end (the source, the destination, and all things in-between)

Good signal strength is helpful, but the key is Signal Quality .. you can have a really strong, but really crappy signal and get slow throughput ... conversely, you can have a weaker signal with excellent SQ and get excellent throughput.

"Really crappy" includes a lot of multipath or interference. Behind that are cheap chip sets, poor antennas and cabling (antenna<-->transceiver), and bad connectors. Following that are the usual computer / processor / OS / drive / process count / application / malware, etc.

126kbps is pretty bad.

BTW: "WAN" (Wide Area Network) s much different than "WLAN" (Wireless Local Area Network)

Good Luck

Scott