Why does my computer run slower with a wireless cable connection than a similar wired connection?
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Its because the connection speed between the laptop or what ever wireles device you are using is slower (54Mb per sec) where as if it is wired its generally 100Mb per sec.\nthats if ur talking about download speed, web browsing etc etc?\nhope that answere things
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Runs unusually slower than normal.
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The answers you're getting are on track.  You'll nearly always get more speed with your wired network, but if you're just using it to access the internet, you probably won't notice.  Wireless also varies a lot, if you're 200 feet away from your access point, and seperated by a metal wall, you're likely to get 2mbps at best.\n\nHere's a list of reasonable speeds to expect:\nWireless G- 2 - 54mbps.  \n(You'll get 54 in close range/good conditions, if you're the only one using it.)\nWired Local area network- 10/100 mbps  \nWired Local area network with a nice budget- 10/100/1000 \n(usually used with a company's servers, ect)\nREALLY old Wired Local area network- 10mbps \n(or even lower)\n\nhome internet - usually 56kbps - 2mbps\nhome internet with a very nice connection - 1 -10 mbps\nbusiness internet - often 1.5Mbps for a small company 45Mbps for a large company
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First, I do not recommend using the Geek Squad. There are always alternatives to the great big names, and the smaller guys usually do a better job. The Geek Squad is well known for badly overcharging and doing a poor to terrible job.\n\nTo answer your question, you most likely have another wireless client utility installed on your computer. My experience has been that these utilities take control of the wireless, even if you try to tell Windows that Windows should control it.\n\nThe only sure-fire way to fixing this is to uninstall the other wireless client. Now and again there are reasons for leaving it on there and in control, but usually you want Windows to do it.\n\nA few example of good reasons to leave it there:\n1)You want your wireless connection to run at 108Mbps. Windows cannot do this.\n2)Your wireless network card won't work at all without the client.
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could be your card driver, your cable, the other end of your cable, the network and tcp/ip settings, you got some testing and tweaking to do
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For me cable is faster.
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you can use a wireless router and or a regular router and use  cables to connect them
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Check and see if you have an 'Internet Accelerator'.  Programs that promise to speed up your connection will do so, at the cost to your graphics.
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Check the modem to see if there are still any DHCP address left for it to hand out. Check if the DHCP server can hand out IP addresses to the wired computers, not just to the wireless computers.\nCheck if you can have both a wireless and a wired connection at the same time (some modems will only allow one type of connection). Check if your network card is installed properly. Check if the cable is still good, swap it with a different cable if you can.
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Are you gettin slow speed with yo computer? If so, it might need to be upgraded.
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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.
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network connections > right click connection > properties > configure > advanced > speed settings (possibly named differently) > pick one\n\nnote that auto detection is the best way to go, because forcing a duplex mode can cause worse performance
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Ok, the Local Area Connection is for the Ethernet cable connection. (it's like a phone cord). You do not need this since you have a wireless connection. So you can right click on Local Area Connection and disable it if the little red X is bugging you. As far as the speed goes, you will not get 100mbps on a wireless connection. It will move up and down depending on how far away you are from the wireless router or access point. You only are using about 1mbps on your internet connection anyway so there is really no need to worry about that unless you are transfer large files back and forth from each of the computers in the home or office.
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The main reason your Internet and slow. Because; the DSL modem can only transfer information but to 51.8 Mbps. Even though it can transfer information at 51.8 Mbps that is not always the case. such as the distance that the information needs to travel and the modem speed; the speed of computer \n\nTwo or Three reasons this could be happening. first go to  \n\nhttp://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/\n\ntoo see how fast your connection speed is\n\nI found out that native drivers sometimes slow you down (cable and DSL users). So if you have applied all tweaks and you are still having slow downs try reinstalling your NICs drivers.\n\nI have reinstalled my NIC drivers (I own a CNET generic NIC, native driver is installed with OS) with the latest found on their website, and now I can really apretiate all my available bandwith. The difference is noticeable. My web pages now load almost instantly where they used to take even a minute!
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It varies way too much to say for certain. Depends on how hard  you're working your hard drive, cpu, how bright you have the screen, etc. Also wireless cards use up a LOT of power, turning it off when it's not needed will save you a lot
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This happens mainly due to your PC configuration i.e hardware, in particular the mouse not matching with the intended performance parameters. Go to control panel and fix your Mouse settings- check the speed - is it too much, or too less. Go for a Windows Xp or Linux with at least double RAM (256 Hz) when you go over Internet and also, work out with your ISP why the speed is slow. Quite often, a combination of slow speed, bad hardware and Anti-Spyware software give a dreadful surfing experience.
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Cable is generally but not always faster. Cable users share the medium so overloaded segments can get pretty slow. DSL is dedicated between the user and dslam so other nearby users do not heavily impact the speed.\nAs far as using a router for connecting multiple pc's, it can slow you down but I doubt you will notice it unless both pc's are trying to download bif files at the same time.