Wireless connection speed over Infinity 1.

Hi there, I have infinity 1 with the hub in an adjacent room to my computer, and when I do a speed test wirelessly the speed comes out at ~5mpb/s. I understand that wirelessly the speed tends to decrease a little, but why is it so low????

There are many reasons why your wireless speed could be low such as wireless interference, out dated drivers on your computer, and the construction of your property.
If you have a smart phone, download a Wifi Analyser app. It will show you the wireless channels and which one your Homehub is on. You want to find the channel with the least congestion, ie. least number of users. Once you have that you need to change your homehub onto that channel. If you can't use a Wifi Analyser select a channel and see if it improves, if not select another until you find the best one.This will also switch off "smart wireless" that can cause problems.
See link how to change channel on homehub
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14094
On your computer, check that the wireless network card drivers are up to date. Use the card manufacturers website rather than Windows which can be out of date.
Make sure that "Smart set up" on the Homehub is turned off
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44328/c/
Use this speed tester to check your speeds.
http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/

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yes infinity like any broadband service is better wired
yes infinity will work wirelessly but not as fast i have seen drops of up to 50% of a wired speeds
there are alternatives to wireless that will give you the best infinity speeds
powerlines are a very good option this lik may help you http://forumhelp.dyndns.info/networking/powerline_operation.jpg they just plug into a power socket and use the household wiring to make the connection between your hub and the PC
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Dropping Wireless Connection & Speed Slowing Down

Hi,
Up until a week ago I had two BT lines, I will call them line 1 and line 2. Line 1 (front room) was used purely for phone calls, and line 2 (middle room) had Broadband activated on it. When it came time to renew the yearly line rental I checked and had it confirmed by BT that the available Broadband speed was faster on line 1, so I decided to cancel line 2, and move my Home Hub 4 into room 1 having arranged to activate Broadband on what in theory should be a line that gives a better speed.
My current problem is two-fold. Firstly I am not yet getting the line speed that I was expecting. I have spoken to the Technical Help Line, and understand that following the activation of Broadband on the line in Room 1 I should wait 10 days for the available speed to stabalise. Currently I am 7 days on from line activation.
A few days ago I was getting download speeds around 2.70 Mbps, with upload speeds around 0.38 Mbps. The IP profile for the download speed at that time was set at 2.77 Mbps. The IP profile for the upload speed was set at 0.45 Mbps. Over the past week I have done numerous speed checks and found that the speed did vary, as might be expected, but was generally always around these figures. Because of the line check speeds I was given by BT's own staff I was expecting the available speed to get better, not slow down! I was originally advised to expect line speeds of between 3.5 Mbps - 5.5 Mbps.
Over the last 24 - 36 hours the speed has slowed down, and a few minutes ago these are the figures I observed:
Download speed achieved during the test was - 1.3 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.8 Mbps-2 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 1.33 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.34Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.45 Mbps
Line speed then is one issue, but there is another.
My second, presently very frustrating problem is that even though the Hub 4 is consistently powered, and maintains a steady Blue light showing that Broadband is available, my wireless connection that I receive from the Hub keeps dropping. I should add that the distance from the Hub 4 in Room 1 to where I work with my laptop in Room 2 is only about 15 - 20 feet. I used the old Hub 2 until a few weeks ago, and neither my daughter on her laptop, or myself, had any problems with 'dropping' the wireless signal, whichever room we were in, or even if we used our respective laptops elsewhere in the house. I was convinced enough by the publicity 'blurb' to believe that Hub 4 was more reliable, with fewer drop-outs. So far this has not proven to be the case.
I know that I need to wait a few days more till the 10 days are up, but would really appreciate some kind soul commenting on the above. I have looked at the Logs, but without knowing what segment would be helpful in aiding a diagnosis of my two issues I didn't want to provide unnecessary information. So if any particular element of the Logs would be useful, please let me know.
Yours in hope,
Alan
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Hello again,
With your help I was able to locate the place to change the channel manually, which I did, thanks for that. It only resulted in a marginal improvement, but any improvement is good I guess.
HH4 has now been showing a steady connection for three + days, so, as requested, here are the noise stats:
16:14:16, 26 Nov. ( 76.170000) DSL noise margin: 22.00 dB upstream, 12.20 dB downstream
16:14:16, 26 Nov. ( 76.080000) DSL line rate: 448 Kbps upstream, 3104 Kbps downstream
I have done several speed tests and they all show broadly similar results, namely that my download speed is usually around 2.67, whereas my IP Profile is set at 2.74.
I don't know whether this is worth mentioning but I only have an old style BT socket on my line, not one that has a test socket inside, so I can't do any of the tests using that facility.
Although my broadband connection has been stable and active on the HH4, as far as using wireless to connect my laptop in another room I do still get several dropped connections each day.
Even when I am connected to my HH4 by wireless, and my signal, as now, is only in the four bar bracket, by looking at the other Networks that are active in my street/area I can see, although it is rightly secured, that someone is using a HH3 and the signal on that is powerful enough to register a full five bar (excellent) strength on my laptop. How near or far away from me that user with a HH3 is I do not know, the point is however I can receive a more powerful and consistent signal from their Hub than my own. I must confess to being puzzled by that. What could be the reason?
Is there any further help or guidance that you can give that might assist in raising my IP profile, in the hope that my speed might increase? Or do you have any further suggestions as to how I might reduce the noise on my line to a more acceptable amount, so that my signal might give me a better wireless connection?
Thanks again for any advice or help you are able to give.
Regards,
Alan

WRV54G Slow Wireless Connection Speeds

Good Afternoon,
I purchased a WRV54G recently to replace my WRT54G as I needed to run a road-warrior VPN setup. This for the most part works fine overall using QuickVPN.
The issue I am having is the connection speeds I am getting when my local lan PC's connect wirelessly to the WRV54G router. For some reason I can never get a connection over 11.0 MBS while using the WRT54G I always got 54.0 MBS which I would expect since all PC's are running 802.11G cards.
I did upgrade to the latest firmware on the site thinking this may have be the issue, this however did not help. The other thing I noticed was if I place the router in a G Only state, no wireless PC can connect to the router.
Any help would be appreciated. It is odd I get full 54.0mbs connections using the WRT54G, but when using the WRV54G I get 11.0mbs. It like it is connection B only which is very odd.
Thanks,
Chris

hi...try out the following wireless settings
on the router's ui , go to " wireless " tab and change the channel - 11 , go to "advanced wireless settings " and change the "Control TX Rates" to 54mbps , beacon - 75 , fragmentation - 2306 and RTS - 2307.....let me know if that works for you...

Has anybody solved the slow wireless connections speeds of the new Imacs

I have just purchased the new imac...and was made aware of the disastrous connections speeds using wireless.. Does anybody know if apple have come up with a solution...or are they just not dealing with the problem?

I am a brand new Mac user with a new 24 inch iMac purchase. Macs are supposed to be hassle free right? Right. No question I was about ready to throw it out the window because the wireless connection to the expensive AP base station was, oh, 100x slower than my Dell laptop side by side about 1 foot away. Nothing changed even if I connected directly to the AP using an ethernet cable. My connection consists of an Actiontec DSL gateway connected directly to my AP extreme that allows wireless to my PC laptop as well as my new iMac. Hours and hours go by until I find this help link on Mac Orchard Forums:
+" Re: My New Intel Based iMac is SLOW+
+« Reply #7 on: May 18th, 2007, 4:57am » Quote Quote Modify Modify+
+WOW!! everyone else with this problem read this! i was having these same huge speed problems using the internet with my new 24" dual core intel imac with 2 gigs of ram and found a posting on another site's thread that fixed it completely.+
+"Try setting your DNS servers to OpenDNS (208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220) and see if that helps at all. Maybe the ISP's changes increased the load on their DNS servers."+
+my guess is that somehow these DNS servers work the way tiger likes them to while others dont, i have no clue other than to say it works!!+
+heres a site i found that helped me understand how to change the settings:+
+http://portforward.com/networking/static-Mac10.4.htm "+
With the new Leopard installed I went to the "portforward" link first and followed the instructions exactly to set a static IP address, then I reset my DNS servers with the exact numbers you see above - IT WORKED IMMEDIATELY!!!!! I didn't have to call my ISP or anything, it just worked exactly as it should with both Safari and Firefox. Now this Mac is flying and I will not be tossing it back to Jobs.
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Wireless connection speed fluctuating: please help if you can.

Hi there,
I have a problem with wireless Internet connection speed which spinning my head off, I desperately need other people advice please.
My AirPort Express (AirTunes) serves the flat with Internet, two pc’s and an iMac (Intel Chip). The first pc is a sony laptop that has the Centrino platform (i.e. Wireless ready) and the other pc has an internal D-Link Air DWL-510 wireless PCI (IEEE 802.11b)
The laptop seems to get the maximum speed of the internet connection anytime anywhere in the flat, the iMac gets 70% of the connection speed. While the PC with DWL-510 gets only 30 – 40% of the connection speed only. However, sometimes all the sudden, both the iMac & the PC will get the maximum speed as it should! On a random bases.
I am puzzled trying to establish why is that happening? what could it possibly be that is curbing the connection speed to start with? And what changes that sometimes the pc will get the full connection speed? I have a wireless phone at home, I have a wireless temperature controller as well, and there are wooden walls dividing the rooms in between. I tried switching the wireless devices on and off but the results produced had no affect. My AirPort Express is password protected, so (most likely) no one is steeling my bandwidth. So, what else am missing? What other factors that causing this fluctuation in my internet connection!!?? Please advice if you can think of anything?
Many thanks.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) iMac 17' 1.8 MHz PowerPC 1.25 mb RAM

hello Satchmo.. thanks a lot for your reply.
In regards to the first point (ISP connection), I agree. When I tried to test the line some time ago (on a wired link) I noticed the fluctuation, but it was acceptable. The problem I have now is that the 2mb connection I have, this particular pc receives only 600kb (+/- 10% variable), where is the other 1.4mb going? Sometimes, all the sudden I notice my connection go mad and I get the full speed for a while! I don't know what has changed from the surroundings.
The other things you mentioned (source of influence i.e. other wireless networks that might be crossing mine, bluetooth devices and Ethernet port is used while the wireless is in use) all are viable possibilities. I’ll start testing to check if any of ‘em is the case. Especially other wireless networks, cause its seems that my wireless card discovers at least other two connections along side to mine. I guess if it was the case, nothing much I’ll be able to do about it.
Also thnx for the link.. I don’t understand why I failed to find it when I searched the net!!
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) iMac 17' 1.8 MHz PowerPC 1.25 mb RAM

Any programs to display wireless connection speed?

Just curious to find out if there's any way to see how much mbps my wireless AirPort Extreme card is operating on? Is there software that can show more details about the connection speeds it's running?
All that the AirPort utility shows is signal strength and not much else...
Thanks.

Jus to clarify, when you check the up/down speeds at a site like speakeasy.net, it shows you the results you get at that particular site.
It does not mean that those results are what you will get at other sites performing other functions.
The speeds you see from realtime software like Activity Monitor show what is actually going on at any given moment.
Joe

How to tell wireless connection speed?

Hi,
I've just bought a new draft-n wireless router, I bought the Netgear DG834N as it has a Broadcom chipset in the hope that it will be more likely to interoperate with the Broadcom chipset in the iMac.
My question is, how can I tell what speed my mac is connecting at via wireless? I'm running Leopard and I've looked in wireless status, just shows me what network and that it's using security. I also tried 'ifconfig en1' from the terminal, but that doesn't mention it either. The admin page of the router just shows connected MAC addresses, not what speed etc. that they are connecting at.
Thanks in advance!

I am still curious about iStat Pro. When I copy a large file over my network, AP Grapher will report 130/130 (presumably transferring at 130Mbps, however iStat will report 6MBps (48Mbps). Can any explain this?
When discussing the “speed” of a given Wi-Fi device, it’s important to make a distinction between the unit’s theoretical maximum data transfer rate and what it actually does (the actual throughput). A Wi-Fi device’s data transfer rate refers to the speed at which data is transmitted to and from the device. For most 802.11n products currently available, including the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), this number hovers around 300 Mbps, which includes the video or audio media you’re streaming, as well as a large chunk of overhead and control data necessary to maintain security and reliability.   
Alternately, the term “throughput” refers to the amount of video, music, Internet traffic, or gaming data that can pass through your wireless network under real-world conditions. For instance, even though 802.11g networks offer 54 Mbps data rates, the actual throughput is typically less than half the speed of the data transfer rate. Below, I’ve listed the data transfer rates as well as ballpark throughput rates you might encounter under real-world conditions. Your results may vary.
Wi-Fi Standard / Data Transfer Rate / Throughput  Rate
802.11b / 11 Mbps / 4 Mbps
802.11a / 54 Mbps / 23 Mbps
802.11g / 54 Mbps / 19 Mbps
802.11n / 300 Mbps / 82 Mbps

Wireless connection speeds

I have a nother post about a nother problem, but on an unrelated note, what kind of things can cause changes in speed? i have the router connected wirelessly to a computer right next to it ( so distance is not an issue), and most of the time it says 54 Mbps for speed, but it drops to 18, 11, or whatever every so often. I have "excellent" under signal strength. what would cause such a speed change? its in a fairly cool location...

Use your wireless card to scan for other wireless networks in your proximity.
You can also use a tool like netstumbler which also shows you the channels which the other networks use.
If you find a lot of other wireless networks it is likely that you have collisions with other networks, in particular if those are running on the same channel as you do.
Moreover, devices like some cordless phones, microwaves, etc. also emit waves in the same frequencies as the wireless network.

Huge drop in wireless connection speed

Hi, I've had my MacBook Pro for a month or two now, and have been connecting to the internet through airport extreme, which was working incredibly well.
All of a sudden, it's taking me 1+ minutes to load up more complex sites, perhaps about 10 seconds to load Google; occasionally safari informs me that I'm not connected to the internet, even though my signal is very strong - it happens when I'm sitting right next to my router, but if I click on network diagnostics, it tells me my connection is fine and working.
The second error message I find is "cannot find the server"
Firefox encounters the slow page retrieval issue as well (I say page retrieval because once I finally get to a site, the file downloads are at good speeds). I updated to the safari 3 beta as a stab in the dark, but if anything things got worse.
I've tried multiple channels, turning interference protection on and off on both the router and the MacBook, switching DNS server, turning my wireless security off completely, nothing I've changed is making a difference.
Has anyone got any ideas what could have gone wrong? I'm amazingly frustrated right now!
Thanks, Ed

Stats when connected to the test socket:
Connection Information
Line state            Connected
Connection time              0 days, 00:07:55
Downstream      575 Kbps
Upstream            444 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI                0/38
Type      PPPoA
Modulation        G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type      Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)             30.7 dB / 28.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)      23.1 dB / 8.7 dB
Output power (Down/Up)           11.8 dBm / 1.7 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote)                0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote)     0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote)   0 / 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)   0 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)   0 / 0
HEC Errors (Down/Up)   0 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote)   0 / 0

Wireless connection speed for J2ME app on Palm VIIx device

I have just developed a J2ME app on Palm VIIx device. Everything works exactly as what I have designed, except that the wireless communication to send and receive infomation is painfully slow. It takes about 1 min. to send and receive 300 charactors on the Palm VIIx device. As for comparisons, it only takes few seconds on the simulator(connected through LAN/WAN) for the same application. And for other defaultly installed non-J2ME wireless applications on the Palm VIIx device, e.x., ABC News, Amazon, etc., it also only takes few seconds to retrieve 500~600 characters.
Does anybody know why the J2ME wireless communication on Palm VIIx device is so slow? Any solutions?
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You've done nothing wrong with your code that I can see. I have run into the same problem on both the Kyocera and the Samsung palm OS phones. If you take the same code you have written here and put it on a motorola phone you will see a huge difference.
I can only suspect it has to do with the single threaded nature of the palm OS itself. Luck.

Apple TV 2 Network Connection Speeds - Wireless Observations

I have been following the Netflix, AirPlay and Sharing posts since the last upgrade. I never had any real issues except I thought I was having issues obtaining 5.1 DD from Netflix. Because of this, I found out I had cable line and modem issues that have since been resolved. I have been trying to assist others and have been monitoring the wireless connection speeds of my 3 ATV2's. The data below is in a "controlled" environment, only in the sense that I control it I do not know what the speeds were before the update, so please don't ask.
Using Airport Utility from my MBP, I see that for all iOS devices (ATV2, iPhone 4, iPad1) the maximum wireless connection speed (rate in utility) I get is 65 mbps. The wireless dongle for my TV will run at around 110, and my MBP will run from 170-270. The maximum rate is 300 for N wireless. All of the iOS devices connect using N, 5 ghz or 2.4 ghz.
With 4.3 (4.2.1), it appears that Apple has governed the ATV2 speed to match that of other 4.3 iOS devices so they work seamlessly together using AirPlay. I can't prove this, but it just seems logical. I'm also thinking that the same Airport chipset is in the ATV2, iPhone, and iPad1. I don't know what the maximum speed of the Airport chipset is in all of them, but I'm inclined to think Apple has reduced power to improve battery life for those with batteries. I'm also thinking that there may have been initial buffering issues between the devices at higher wireless rates and Apple "tuned" them for using AirPlay between them. Just thinking out loud here....

Surprise, the WI-FI chip in the ATV2, iPad V1, and iPhone 4 are the same chip
For that matter, the ATV2 looks like it has a 30-pin connector inside, and many of the same parts of the above. Bet this thing is built in to the actual TV Apple is developing. It has a spare slot for 8 GB more memory.....
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Wireless Connection: how do I know the speed?

I have my iMac core duo connected via Ethernet to my 802.11n Airport extreme, as well as my mini SCintel via wireless, and my macbook 2.16 core 2 duo via wireless as well. All work well, but i would like to know how to find out 2 things. First, how can i check the bandwidth of my connection, as in my internet connection speed? I have a 3mBs service, and want to know how fast my connection really is> is there an application within my mac, or a 3rd party app that can show me my connection bandwidth or speed? Second question is, is there an application that can tell me who is using my wireless network?
Any help would be appreciated

You can check the speed of your Broadband connection by going to http://speedtest.net
The interface is pretty easy to navigate, just click on a pyramid. The recommended one is gold and the rest are blue.
I am not aware of how to tell the wireless connection speed on a Mac.
You can usually tell who is using your wireless by logging into the router and looking at the DHCP client table.

Poor connection speed and intermittent drops with WRT160Nv2

In January 2009 I purchased a Linksys WRT160N v2. At the time I did not have any wireless devices to connect to it other than a Nintendo Wii which has no problems. In July I purchased a Dell Laptop with an Intel 5100 AGN wireless card and have since had trouble getting consistent speed on my wireless connection.
Around the first of November I upgraded the firmware on my router to v2.0.03 and installed the latest Intel 5100 driver available from Dell.
On November 3rd I participated in a web chat session with Linksys Support and was able to increase my connection speed to 121Mbps. This was short-lived however.
On November 24th I sent an email similar to this post to both Linksys Support and Intel support and have not received a response back from either as of yet.
On 12/5/2009, after reading similar posts in the support forums, I followed some tips suggested by forum users:
1) I hard reset the router by holding the reset button in for between 30 and 60 seconds.
2) I hard power cycled the router by unplugging it for bewteen 30 and 60 seconds.
3) I selected manual wireless configuration and assigned a unique SSID.
4) I selected WPA2-Personal security and assigned a 9-character password.
5) I set Radio Band Frequency to "Standard 20 MHz" and the channel to 11.
6) Beacon Interval to 50
7) Frag and RTS Thresholds to 2304.
8) MTU to 1350.
9) Power cycled the router and restored a few settings that were lost.
10) Connected the laptop on wireless.
The laptop was in the same room as the router, about 10 feet away unobstructed. There was full signal strength, but the connection speed would fluctuate between 43Mbps and 72Mbps. There are no other devices besides the laptop connected on the wireless, and only 2 desktops on wired connections.
Detectable by my laptop are only 5 other WPA2 networks, 3 WEP, and 2 unsecured. None of them are close enough to have signal strength of more than 3 bars.
We are giving our son a netbook for Christmas and I hope to have resolved all of these issues before then.
What other settings changes can be made to increase my connection speed over 100Mbps and stop the intermittent signal drops??
Additional Details:
Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1545 (A10 BIOS)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Router: Linksys by Cisco WRT160Nv2 Firmware Version: v2.0.03
Wireless Card: Intel WiFi Link AGN 5100
Dell / Intel Driver: Version 12.4.1.11 (5/14/2009)
Any help is very much appreciated!
Thanks.

Downgrade your routers firmware to the last known working version by going here. Now give it a try.

Slow wireless connection 802.11n AEBS and Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro

I have three Macs all currently connected wirelessly to the new 802.11n AEBS.
Mac #1 - PowerMac G5
Mac #2 - 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo
Mac #3 - 15" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
The wireless connection speed (when using the web browser) is fine for both Mac #1 and Mac #2 but noticable slower for Mac #3. All three Macs are sitting right next to each other. All three Mac are getting an excellent signal. All three Macs are running the same version of the OS. All three Macs have identical network setting (as far as I can tell).
When connecting Mac #3 to the AEBS via an ethernet cable, performance is good. I've also tried configuring the channel manually in the AEBS to channel #1 but this did not help (seemed to help others in a different thread). Additionally, I ran the 802.11n enabler and performance was bad both before and after its installation.
Any idea why the Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro would be performing differently?

Ok eveyone. I did some digging and was able to get the network speed back with my Core2Duo machine. I put the Airport Extreme into Bridged mode and connected the Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports, not the WAN port. After that everything works great. for more information check out this lengthy thread...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3989864&#3989864
and this site mentioned...
http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/airportn/#performance
Apparently the new base stations have a few issues that need to be worked out so I'd consider this a workaround. There should be no reason to have to do this. Good luck.

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