You are correct - his wireless connection is faster than the wired connection.
It is a laptop with a the NIC on the motherboard. He'll have to try the machine at a different location using another router to see if he gets the same results. Roger Wright ___ I just had my vision checked. My hindsight was 20/20. My foresight is legally blind. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
