He could also pick up a USB to Ethernet adapter to test. I just did a quick search on TigerDirect and found several pages.
From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Throughput Issue 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<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]<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
