Slow Wireless think i've solved problem

Question

Hi All,
Thought I'd put this up if anynone else has had a similar problem, apologies if this has been already raised.
Syptom: Wireless speeds have dropped to over half normal expected speed against a fixed wired connection using HUB 3.
Fixed Ethernet port gives about 16.4Mbps Wireless only giving around 7Mbps
This has been the case for a few weeks even when resetting the Hub3.
Have made changes to the wrieless channels and tried the different options b,g b,g,n b,g,n 40 Mhz but no difference.
Was using WEP since installed over 2 years ago and changed to WPA and speed back to normal just shy of 16Mbps.
Not sure hether this is an isolated incident but appears WEP don't want to work very well anymore, could be duff Hub 3 ?? 

Answer 1

The hub3 is set to WPA and WPA2 by default
If you've changed to WEP, then as you know that is less secure and easier to crack. As you've gone back to WPA, I suggest you change the wireless key because if anyone has ever cracked your WEP passkey, they'll also know it now you're back to WPA
You can select WPA OR WPA2 from the hub menu. Some of my devices are getting on a bit but work well on WPA2 (which is better than WPA).
BT are due to send out a firmware update over the next month or so which optimises 'smart wifi', but if you were to select a wireless channel yourself, this actually turns off 'smart wifi' - which until we see how 'smart wifi' performs, turning this off could improve the wireless speed (but you'd need to use a wifi sniffer to select as less congested channel)
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