New TW 10MBit connection - Slow wireless?

[ColemontHD]

So, lastnight I ordered Time Warner cable 10mbit high speed internet. Its 10mb/1mb speeds. I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S1712 laptop. When I ran some speed tests, I got the following results:

Wireless
4-6mb Download
near 1mbit upload

Wired
10mbit+ download
1mbit+ upload

Now, I know wired it better than wireless, but how can wireless be 5mbits slower than wired? I have 54g on the laptop, and the same for my Linksys wireless G router. Is there something that needs to be set on the router/laptop to get the proper speeds?

 

[spidey07]

wireless is just slow.

You can try forcing your router to G only and try changing channels for better performance.

 

[ColemontHD]

Originally posted by: spidey07
wireless is just slow.

You can try forcing your router to G only and try changing channels for better performance.

What is probably the best channel to use?

 

[spidey07]

The one that gives you the most stable and fastest connection. try 1, 6, 11

 

[ch33zw1z]

Wireless is always going to be slower. it's hard to see your complaint when you're getting 4-6Mbit/1Mbit on it. always remember that when using wireless with a password or encryption, there will be more overhead in your packets.

 

[JackMDS]

Download and install Netstumbler and scan around to find the cleanest channel.

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

 

[Madwand1]

If you will, try setting some TCP tuning options.

E.g. create the following DWORD values in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Tcp1323Opts = 1
TcpWindowSize = 256960 (decimal)

You'd need to re-boot for these settings to take effect.

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=157