Is my wireless connection the reason for these internet speeds?

[amol]

I'm getting only 1500 download when i should have 4000 download or more (upto 5000)

i have the dlink dwl-g520 pci card . . . is there any way i can get an antenna extender? i think that may be the problem . . .

 

[Kelemvor]

1500 download what? Go over to a speed checker places like dslreports.com or somewhere and run their speed tests. Then run them again from different places in relation to the wireless router. If sitting right nex tto it gets you decent speeds and then you get really bad as you get past a certain point, then you could have a signal problem. Gotta do some testing to determine if you get higher and lower or just a stagant speed. And what does 1500 mean? 1.5 meg download speed?

 

[vi edit]

There's a lot of things that could be happening.

1. The "5000" your ISP promises is mb - megabits.
Your actual MB, or megabytes, are .625MB. IE will only show 625Kbs for your download speeds.

2. You can only go as fast as the bandwith of the server you are hitting. If the server you are downloading from is only serving things up at 1mb that's all you'll get. It doesn't matter how fast your connection is.

3. It's a "up to" connection speed. Not a guaranteed. Meaning that at optimal times that's the theoretical max. But there's network over head plus the traffic of everyone else in your neighborhood. Each neighborhood has a max amount of bandwith guaranteed to it. If you are in an area with a high amount of traffic you all will have slower speeds. You all share the connection to the ISP and the more that use it, the more slow things run.

 

[JackMDS]

You probably have a problematic Wireless LAN connection.

Internet Download is Not the method to solve Wireless trouble.

Put a Wired computer to deal (if at all) with your Internet connection, and to debug your Wireless.

PCI card with the Antenna stuck behind the case onto the wall might be your problem.

Get a Good external Antenna with few feet of cable so it can be mounted above the obstructions.

Or: Extending the Distance of Entry Level Wireless Network.

:sun:

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
There's a lot of things that could be happening.

1. The "5000" your ISP promises is mb - megabits.
Your actual MB, or megabytes, are .625MB. IE will only show 625Kbs for your download speeds.

2. You can only go as fast as the bandwith of the server you are hitting. If the server you are downloading from is only serving things up at 1mb that's all you'll get. It doesn't matter how fast your connection is.

3. It's a "up to" connection speed. Not a guaranteed. Meaning that at optimal times that's the theoretical max. But there's network over head plus the traffic of everyone else in your neighborhood. Each neighborhood has a max amount of bandwith guaranteed to it. If you are in an area with a high amount of traffic you all will have slower speeds. You all share the connection to the ISP and the more that use it, the more slow things run.

no, it's supposed to be 5000Kbps

i got 1500Kbps

I have FIREFOX and i tested though DSLREPORTS.com

right now, i am testing it and . . . . . .

i got 4758 download!

so something must have been wrong with the cable internet last night

anyways, i will do what JackMDS said, to get a longer antenna

what are good ones? i have a DWL-G520 which is part of the 108Mbps DLINK class . . .

 

[JackMDS]

1.5Mb/sec. DSL supposes to yield 200KB/sec. during stable download of large file.

1Byte=8bits. b=bit B=Byte

While the Client is clear and within few feet from the source, 802.11gSuper (108Mb/sec.) should yield LAN transfer of 32-38Mb/sec. (4-4.5MB/sec.)

Link to: Optimizing & Measuring the "Speed" of Internet Connection.

:sun:

 

[amol]

I know that if the Cable connection is 5Mbps, then I should be downloading at around 625KBps max . . .

but the test report said 1400Kbps, meaning that it was in kiloBITS

i know the difference between BIT and BYTE :roll:

 

[imported_sphinx]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
There's a lot of things that could be happening.

1. The "5000" your ISP promises is mb - megabits.
Your actual MB, or megabytes, are .625MB. IE will only show 625Kbs for your download speeds.

2. You can only go as fast as the bandwith of the server you are hitting. If the server you are downloading from is only serving things up at 1mb that's all you'll get. It doesn't matter how fast your connection is.

3. It's a "up to" connection speed. Not a guaranteed. Meaning that at optimal times that's the theoretical max. But there's network over head plus the traffic of everyone else in your neighborhood. Each neighborhood has a max amount of bandwith guaranteed to it. If you are in an area with a high amount of traffic you all will have slower speeds. You all share the connection to the ISP and the more that use it, the more slow things run.

Just like vi-edit said in his 3rd answer. Cable internet bandwidth is shared within a given neighborhood. DSL on the other hand is not shared within a given neighborhood. I had cable in my home for a couple of months, but, had to dump it for DSL. Cable was too unreliable. I kept losing the connection to the internet. Switched to DSL and haven't had a problem with it.

 

[imported_itr]

how strong is the wireless connection? 80%, 90%, etc.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: sphinx

Originally posted by: vi_edit
There's a lot of things that could be happening.

1. The "5000" your ISP promises is mb - megabits.
Your actual MB, or megabytes, are .625MB. IE will only show 625Kbs for your download speeds.

2. You can only go as fast as the bandwith of the server you are hitting. If the server you are downloading from is only serving things up at 1mb that's all you'll get. It doesn't matter how fast your connection is.

3. It's a "up to" connection speed. Not a guaranteed. Meaning that at optimal times that's the theoretical max. But there's network over head plus the traffic of everyone else in your neighborhood. Each neighborhood has a max amount of bandwith guaranteed to it. If you are in an area with a high amount of traffic you all will have slower speeds. You all share the connection to the ISP and the more that use it, the more slow things run.

Just like vi-edit said in his 3rd answer. Cable internet bandwidth is shared within a given neighborhood. DSL on the other hand is not shared within a given neighborhood. I had cable in my home for a couple of months, but, had to dump it for DSL. Cable was too unreliable. I kept losing the connection to the internet. Switched to DSL and haven't had a problem with it.

Okay, I dont think you understand

USUALLY, I get between 3200 and 4800 Kbps . . .

The 1400 Kbps speed has NOTHING to do with the cable because our cable company provides for a very small area.

No way would it be 1400Kbps, I've never seen it dip down bwlow 2500Kbps with 5Mbps advertised . . .