New Wireless setup..wtf?

[awb23]

Okay, so my old wireless D-link 802.11b router broke the other day. I went to circuit city and bought a netgear 802.11g router and a netgear 802.11g USB adapter. The problem is I'm getting exteremely slow speeds (~100KB/ps down) with the new setup. My previous wireless D-Link setup would get around the same speeds if directly wired (~500KB/ps). Now I don't know alot about 802.11B and G, is there a difference? I thought G was better, is it not? The D-Link was a cheaper buy AND older technology and it was alot better. Does Netgear just suck or do I have some settings wrong?

 

[John]

[*]Did you adapter break too? It would work fine with the new Netgear router.
[*]Make sure you have wifi security enabled so that your neighbors aren't leeching your bandwidth.
[*]You may want to make sure the router has the latest firmware.
[*]Do you experience slow speeds even when you are right next to the router?
[*]What are the speed differences between wired and wireless?

 

[g paw]

Just replaced a Netgear 624 that was about a year old with a Zyxel x 550. It started radomly disconneting from the itnernet. Now no more problems. If it's not to late, you may want to take the Netgear back and get something else.

 

[awb23]

The router is like 10 feet away from the computer so I don't know why its so slow. The speed differences are HUGE compared to wired (but with my old D-Link wireless router it was pretty close to wired speeds, if not the same). And Yes I have wpa-psk security on.