why is my wireless 802b speed lower than my ethernet port?
106486
that is the nature of 802.11b wirleless networks.  They get a theoretical maximum of 11 megabits per second (not to be confused with megabytes per second).  In reality 802.11b delivers only about 5-6mbps.  Meanhile, an ethernet has three common speeds 10mpbs, 100(most common), and 1gbps(1000mpbs).  These are all faster than 802.11b's speed.
786218
Live and Learn.  Wireless network gear is dodgy at best.   Go with LinkSys next time. \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
299605
Max rate (raw) for 802.11a is 54 Mbps
99918
Check in the TCP/IP control panel and make sure that it is set up to use DHCP. After that, make sure that the ethernet cable is linking to the ethernet switch.
967592
your lan connection will always show 100mbps because thats the speed from your connector to your router, most pci lan cards (and built in lan) are setup as a 10/100 mbps card, so the connection is whatever the fastest available speed is from however you are connecting to the internet.  Check your actual speed through your router not the pc.
1027494
look for 802.11g routers they are faster than 802.11b. look for one with long range it might be useful. Usually the more antennas the bigger the range.
1182851
Possibly this is due to the following: MTU may be set too low. Set MTU to 1492 or a higher number. This setting is most probably in the basic setup screen.\n\nAdditional info:\n\nYou need to login to the Router Web based admin console and then look for MTU setting. If you find it, change it to a higher value and try again. I have experience this before in a D-Link router. Here is another user talking about it:\nhttp://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20050310.shtml
135836
im having similar problems. i just bought a linksys 4 port and if im online on my laptop and someone gets online on the desktop, we lose internet on one and get really slow internet on the other one. the only explaination that ive found is that linksys is a hub, not a router, which means it just sends signals, doesnt really process them, like a lazy/stupid router.
758692
An 11Mbps Ethernet bridge is enough.  That is quite fast :).
617866
Note sure how you tested the speed, but you should first use a connection speed test program (many out there, for example http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html). Your BB provider may also have a test program. \n\nIf it looks like the speed is still slow afer testing, there is little you can do on your computer (download accelerators do not help w/ large files, just web pages), and you need to call your BB provider to see if the line to your house might be noise (in which case they will automatically throttle the speed), or you are too far away from the CO (which limits the maximum speed of your connection)
1100436
it is taking a lot of bandwidth to download and it is not leaving enough room to do much else, i am assuming that you are on a dsl or cable hookup with a wireless off that to a second or third computer
1151055
maybe u need to conect to the router with the ethernet in ur pc or lap top, disable the  wireless moden in ur internet connections
984330
maybe if you got also a 10/100 faster switch to add to your router it might boost the speed enough....i have a linksys router and have not noticed much of a drop in speed
774771
Wireless connection can be affected by several factors, such as Speed Enemies, which can greatly interrupt your wireless signals. Examples are cellphones, some antenna equipments (Radio or TV) and even solid walls.\n\nTry situating the router nearer to your desktop, you should also check the security settings of your router to ensure that no one is hopping on your internet connection, this definitely slows down your speed. Use MAC filtering if there is and password-protect your connection with a 128-bit WEP key. Disable broadcast of SSID to avoid it being seen by free-riders.\n\nHope it helps...
537226
could be interference from other wireless devices, try changing the channel on the router.
410129
If the connection between the router and laptop is wireless, then the likely problem is vayying signal conditions, as you move around the building..  check the signal strength\nThere may also be interference from other sources -  you might even have a neighbouring network operatingon the same, or adjacent channels.\nWhen your transfer rate is low, try scanning for other networks...   try changing the channel that your network operates on.\n\n\nTry connecting your laptop to the router directly, and see if the transfer rate still varies...  if it does, the problem may not be in your network at all, it might be a service provider or distribution problm.  Have RR run a diagnostic.
664223
802.11b is running at 2.4 ghz and transmits speed is set to 11 mbps max. while 802.11g is running at 2.4 ghz and transmit speed is set to 54 mbps max.