I think you meant to say "faster" rather than "slower" in that first sentence. :)
The only thing left is to try a different NIC in the problematic machine. Also, what kind of router? Years ago, I had a netscreen 5XT firewall at home, and had setup throttling of traffic for a particular IP because of a slow machine, and when I changed out the system, I forgot that I had set there, and it took me a few days to pin it all down. :) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Roger Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > A colleague has a problem that is stumping us: > > He has broadband at home and when connecting wirelessly to his router his > throughput is significantly slower than when using the Ethernet connection. > Speedtest.net says he's getting in excess of 20Mbps down and 5Mbps up via > a wireless connection, but with a wired connection to the router his > reported speed drops to 5 down/1 up, and the difference is readily apparent > when browsing. > > Connecting with a wired connection from another machine, however, doesn't > not report a slower speed and closely matches the wireless speed. > > He's updated the drivers for the NIC, adjusted the speed and duplex > settings, disabled the software firewall, tried other ports on the router, > swapped cables, but cannot improved his throughput when using an Ethernet > connection from this machine. It seems odd that his wireless connection > would be noticeably faster than his Eethernet connection. > > Anything else he can check? > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > I just had my vision checked. My hindsight was 20/20. My foresight is > legally blind. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
