In anticipation of getting DSL in my neighborhood, I bought a D-Link DI-711 wireless router and a DWL-120 wireless USB NIC. I hooked one of my PCs directly to the router via its LAN port and the other computer to the wireless NIC. I got the network working, but it is running extremely slow - it took almost 25 minutes to copy a 1.5Mb file from the wired computer to the wireless one. I tried playing with the settings by changing channels (do any of the channels receive less interference from household appliances than others?). I also tried to specify a speed rather than setting it to AUTO. I could only get the 2 PCs to connect when I specified AUTO, 1, 2, or 5.5. I could not make a connection when I forced an 11 Mbps connection. None of this tweaking seemed to make a difference. I also have 40-bit encryption enabled...would this slow things down?
BTW, I do not have any other 2.4Ghz stuff in my house, although maybe my neighbors do. Is there anything that anyone can think of that will increase my network speed. I hate to think that my DSL conenction will be running slower than my dial-up on the wireless computer.
TIA
BTW, I do not have any other 2.4Ghz stuff in my house, although maybe my neighbors do. Is there anything that anyone can think of that will increase my network speed. I hate to think that my DSL conenction will be running slower than my dial-up on the wireless computer.
TIA
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