Has he looked at the cables that he is using? Are they CAT5e or better? From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home Throughput Issue
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]<mailto:[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
