AeonFulx Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well recently I got myself a Linksys E1000 wireless router. Well actually my computer wireless card only support ABG and another of my sis lappy support N.So I had the router setting both G and N. So my sis could enjoy the benefit. However I had noticed if I set to that and choose the Channel Width to Auto (20MHz or 40MHz). My speed will be near 5.5, 6 or 11Mbps. While my sis would get 150Mbps ( which it should since she had the N).However if I set to 20MHz, my speed will be 54Mbps like how it suppose to be. So why is this happening anyway? I only know Wireless N could use 40MHz while G is unable to. So that's why I'm receiving such lower speed?*Note: Although it stated that my speed is 5.5Mbps or so. I don't feel any difference when it was in 54Mbps. (Or maybe I'm just not too observant enough.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pope Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well your 5.5Mbps is still faster in most cases than most Internet connections actual speed. Not the speed your paying for I mean the real speed!!!The only way that speed is going to really effect you is transferring data on your internal subnet.For instance if you were transferring a file from your machine to you sisters the fastest it could go would be 5.5Mbps.What encryption are you using? I have installed networks that have had issues with connection speeds due to there type of encryption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spootnack Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Hello.802.11n (like all versions) are very very capricious. You should do some tests with much more config to find your good one.To get the best from your router, try using the latest standards.For 802.11n you should use only this norm (or combined with 802.11g) with AES and so on...Look on DD-WRT forum (or wiki) there are many many informations about it.For example :Wireless-N ConfigurationWireless securityI'm working on these wifi problem these weeks too....Sorry, I have no time to explain more for the moment.++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeonFulx Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well your 5.5Mbps is still faster in most cases than most Internet connections actual speed. Not the speed your paying for I mean the real speed!!!The only way that speed is going to really effect you is transferring data on your internal subnet.For instance if you were transferring a file from your machine to you sisters the fastest it could go would be 5.5Mbps.What encryption are you using? I have installed networks that have had issues with connection speeds due to there type of encryption.Ah true true. I'm using WPA2 Personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spootnack Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well your 5.5Mbps is still faster in most cases than most Internet connections actual speed. Not the speed your paying for I mean the real speed!!!The only way that speed is going to really effect you is transferring data on your internal subnet.For instance if you were transferring a file from your machine to you sisters the fastest it could go would be 5.5Mbps.What encryption are you using? I have installed networks that have had issues with connection speeds due to there type of encryption.Optical Fiber = 100 Mbit/s minimum !And maybe he want to share some large files over his network like movies , HD and so on....With 802.11n well configured and luck (many luck :lol: ) you can have ~ 300 Mbit/s !!! (Approved)++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeonFulx Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well your 5.5Mbps is still faster in most cases than most Internet connections actual speed. Not the speed your paying for I mean the real speed!!!The only way that speed is going to really effect you is transferring data on your internal subnet.For instance if you were transferring a file from your machine to you sisters the fastest it could go would be 5.5Mbps.What encryption are you using? I have installed networks that have had issues with connection speeds due to there type of encryption.Optical Fiber = 100 Mbit/s minimum !And maybe he want to share some large files over his network like movies , HD and so on....With 802.11n well configured and luck (many luck :lol: ) you can have ~ 300 Mbit/s !!! (Approved)++Seems like a lot of things to read! Well I will take a look when I have some time later :D didn't know so many knowledge is needed for such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spootnack Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well your 5.5Mbps is still faster in most cases than most Internet connections actual speed. Not the speed your paying for I mean the real speed!!!The only way that speed is going to really effect you is transferring data on your internal subnet.For instance if you were transferring a file from your machine to you sisters the fastest it could go would be 5.5Mbps.What encryption are you using? I have installed networks that have had issues with connection speeds due to there type of encryption.Optical Fiber = 100 Mbit/s minimum !And maybe he want to share some large files over his network like movies , HD and so on....With 802.11n well configured and luck (many luck :lol: ) you can have ~ 300 Mbit/s !!! (Approved)++Seems like a lot of things to read! Well I will take a look when I have some time later :D didn't know so many knowledge is needed for such things.That's THE problem with the wifi.KNOWLEDGE or LUCK ! Choose yours ^_^ ++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 One thing that could help you is to figure out if anything your running is causing any interference.. or if any other people in your immediate area have their Wireless setups on the same channel. Get InSSider by Metageek... it will enable you to see all of the necessary information on any wireless network or router/access point in your area.. and you can adjust the channel and in your settings accordingly.. The more people on the same channel the worse and more unstable the Wifi... So I would start there and tweak settings on it until your getting the most out of it.. and don't forget line of site and location of the router as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well first of all I regret to inform you that you were robbed. The E1000 is the exact same hardware as the WRT160N and it is also the exact same hardware as the ASUS RT-N12 that sells for $35US instead of the more than double price you paid for cisco name. lol.Some things you can do to increase wireless efficiency is to disable CTS protection (sometimes called b/g protection), and use short preamble.The most likely reason you have problems using the 40Mhz bandwidth is wrong channel or interference. Nearly every wireless router outputs greatest power at the center channel 6 so start by using channel 6 instead of Auto.Don't bother with 40Mhz setting unless you actually have a 300Mbps device because strict 802.11n is not really backwards compatible so stick with 20Mhz as it works best in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pope Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Well just tested my network and it seems that there is a compatibility issue with WPA2 and G... I was getting 11Mbps on my usb G card. However my laptop N was getting 150Mbps..... Just playing around I enabled my guest network in my router and set it WEP and sure enough it connected @ 54Mbps.So if your router has it, enable your guest network or 2nd subnet and set it wep for yourself. Other option would be to replace your wireless card to support N Or take the router back and get a Netgear N300, WNR3500 both are solid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeonFulx Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 Well first of all I regret to inform you that you were robbed. The E1000 is the exact same hardware as the WRT160N and it is also the exact same hardware as the ASUS RT-N12 that sells for $35US instead of the more than double price you paid for cisco name. lol.Some things you can do to increase wireless efficiency is to disable CTS protection (sometimes called b/g protection), and use short preamble.The most likely reason you have problems using the 40Mhz bandwidth is wrong channel or interference. Nearly every wireless router outputs greatest power at the center channel 6 so start by using channel 6 instead of Auto.Don't bother with 40Mhz setting unless you actually have a 300Mbps device because strict 802.11n is not really backwards compatible so stick with 20Mhz as it works best in most cases.Ah yeah. Actually I wanted to research more before buying. But i'm sick of getting DC on my previous router and I'm quite busy to go around. So I just grabbed E1000 as there isn't other brand like Netgear. Oh well...Yep 20Mhz. I scanned it and a lot of my neighbour using Channel and only a 3 on channel 1 and 1 on channel 11. Picked Channel 11. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeo Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 as recommended i would try something that works with DDWRT, it is awsome firmawre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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