Wrt160N slow wireless, faster wired

I'm using my new wireless N device (version 3) and its 'very' slow when using Wireless. I direct connect (we have DSL) and it works just fine. I've read a few posts and some recommend Firmware upgrade but I just got this device recently so it seems it would be up to date. But I'm no expert in this area. Any advice?

Before reflashing the firmware,I would suggest you to redo the wireless settings of the router...
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1 and press Enter...Leave Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
Click on the Wireless Tab...click on Manual...For 5 GHz ...Set the Radio Band to Wide-40MHz and change the Wide channel to159 and Standard Channel to 161-5.805GHz...For 2.4 GHz...Set the Radio Band to Wide-40MHz and change the Wide channel to 9 and Standard Channel to 11-2.462GHz...Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box.

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VERY slow wireless, FAST wired internet problem

Someone... PLEASE help me. I just spent 2 hours w/apple, and they couldn't fix it.
I have the airport extreme base station. It was working FINE, until a few day/a week ago. Now when I connect using my airport card in my MBP or my iMac, it get about 17KB/sec. If I go wired, I get almost 2MB/sec. Apple coudn't help me. Is there anyway around this? My dell laptop (for work) connects to the extreme base station and gets about 2MB/sec, so it has to do with something on the Apple side.
Any suggestions? I'd hate to go and buy another router and having to scrap this expensive router and the airport express I bought. That's $300 right down the freakin' drain....

First, double-check the AirPort settings on the iMac. They should be nearly identical to those of the MBP.
Then, make sure that your iMac has the latest AirPort updates applied.
Other things to try...
- Create a new "clean" OS X user account, and then, logon as that user. (Note: You will want to keep this new account "clean," i.e., don't use it daily or add programs so that you can use it for any future troubleshooting session as needed.)
- Create a new AirPort Location, and then, switch to this location.
- Check Network Port Configurations and verify that AirPort is at the top of the list. If it's not, drag it to the top. While there, see if there are any other ports enabled that you are not using (Modem, Bluetooth, etc.) and disable them.
- Remove AirPort configuration (.plist) files. Start by moving the AirPort preference files to a safe location. OS X will rebuilt these files after you restart the computer. The particular files to try are (I's assuming that you have OS X 10.4+ on the iMac):
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
- preferences.plist
- NetworkInterfaces.plist
- com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
Start with the first one, restart the computer and check the wireless performance. If no improvement, move on to the next, and so on. Remember to move them to a "safe" location first, just in case you need to restore them.

WRT54G2 v1 - Internet is Slow Wireless AND WIRED

OK, so I get my internet from a ethernet cable connected to the wall (I dont know if its cable or dsl because I live in an apartment) . When I connect from the wall to my Macbook the internet is fast with Mbps around 30. But, when I connect the ethernet cable into my router and try to access the internet, wireless or wired through the router it takes 15 seconds to load a Yahoo page or a Facebook page
Now the confusing part. When I use the wireless on my PS3 (set up with auto setting on it) it goes fast enough where it can even stream HD Netflix movies and fast enough to not get lag on Call of Duty or figting games. But, when I wanna look at a web page on my iPod Touch, Blackberry Phone, Macbook Pro, and 3DS it takes ages to load one. Interestingly enough I tried SpeedTest.net on my Macbook and these are my result when connected wirelessly (still takes ages to load a webpage, and it doesnt load hulu or youtube videos).
Any advice will help!
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As the previous poster suggested do a hard reset by holding in the reset button for at least 30 second then reconfigure the router if needed. You can also try the 30-30-30 reset where by you hold in the reset button for 30 second, then while still holding in the reset button, remove the power and wait 30 seconds, then while still pressing the reset button, reapply the power and wait another 30 seconds then release the reset button and reconfigure the router if needed.
It isn't clear if you are using some kind of broadband modem. If you are not using a broadband modem, have you tried to connect the Ethernet cable that comes from the wall to one of the four networking ports on the back of the router rather than the router's WAN/Internet port? Its possible your building all ready is using a router/hub. If this is the case and your computer gets an IP address from the building's router then log into the router and on the Basic Setup page disable the router's DHCP server to avoid conflicts with the building existing DHCP server.

Wired - SLOW / Wireless - FAST (WRT54G v.6 issue)

Hello,
We have a WRT54G v.6 wireless router and Verizon DSL with Windows XP. Four computers total make use of this router to access Internet. All computers are very new and in great condition.
3 computers connect to Internet wirelessly (laptop #1, laptop #2, desktop #1).
1 computer connects to Internet via a wired connection with the router (desktop #2).
When download speed tested on http://infospeed.verizon.net, desktop #2 download speed is significantly slower than all three wireless connections (300 Kbps instead of 1.5 Mbps).
When wireless connection is disabled on laptop #1 and wired connection between router and laptop #1 established, download speed still tests to 1.5 Mbps rather than 300 Kbps. To me, this demonstrates that our DSL service and router are working as they should.
I decided to reinstall/upgrade the router's firmware, just in case.
I tested a couple different ethernet cables, just in case.
I dusted all my ports with a can of compressed air.
I tried using each of the four different ethernet ports on the router.
I disabled and then enabled Windows firewall, just in case.
I then updated the drivers for the "Intel Pro/100 M Network Adapter" (ethernet card) on desktop #2.
Problem seems to be related to desktop #2 's Intel Pro/100 M Ethernet card—either its settings or hardware—or to the interaction between router and Ethernet card. After all, when a wired connection between the router and a different computer is established, the internet speed is ideally fast. Plus, all wireless connections are equally ideally fast. It's just when I try to make a wired connection to this one computer, desktop #2, that I get a less than ideal result.
Any hints about how to bump the Internet speed of desktop #2 up to 1.5 Mpbs like all of our other computers would be appreciated. =)
Message Edited by SirNim on 12-30-200606:50 PM

well...as the wired connection works fine with the laptop , the problem can be isolated to the desktop....the mtu settings on the router is not a probelm as well....the only solution i can think at this moment is downloading TCP optimizer adn run it.....this will adjust the mtu settings on the NIC card....you can give this a try...to download it , click here ...

E3200 Wired too Slow / Wireless Fast???

Hi.
I have a E3200 Router and when the computers are connected directly to router (Wired) the speed is SLOW and when computers are connected via wireless the speed is fast (normal). What can i do to have the wired computer with same fast speed as wireless?....i'm i missing something?
Here are the speed results:
All wired computers connections (total of 4) downwload speed ranging from 8 Mbps to 13 Mbps.
All wireless computer connections download speed stable at 49 Mbps.
Can someone please help?
Thank you

Seems to be an issue with numerous E3200. This problem has been reported many times now. Call Linksys support and get it replaced and hope the replacement works better...

E1200 V2 slow donwload speed wireless - fast wired

I tried internet speed tested with 3 different online test it's always 0.20mbps on download and 3.8mbps on upload 2 different laptop (mine is MSI GTX640 and on a macbook)
I have tried many things already:
a) I tried many different channel even more the the usual 1-6-9-11 (i actually did try 1-2-3-4-5-6-9-11 they all go slow)
b) my security was WPA2/WPA i tryed WPA2 personal - nothing changed
c) I disabled IPV6 both on the router page and on my computer network option - nothing changed
d) in the router paged i unchecked UPNP in administrator - nothing changed
e) on advanced wireless option (not easy to reach i had to write it myself) i put 50-1-2306-2307 (on IPV4) nothing changed
f) I did put MTU to 1400 and then to 1300 - nothing changed
g) since my network card is Wireless-N (intel wifilink 5100) i changed the Network mode from "MIXED" to specific wireless-N
h) it cant be my antivirus because the macbook doenst have antivirus and go the exact same speed
i) SSID is enable and guest access is disable (i tryed both enable and disable you never know)
l) i did try to disable the routrer firewall as well - nothing changed
i just bough this router 1 week ago because the previous router died on me and with the previous router i didnt have any problem ever (till it died) always going to 1.5 or 2 mbps
so before i go buy a new one and return this one i would like to know if i am missing something in my test

Let me guess: your modem has a gigabit port. Your PC has a gigabit port.
The E2500 doesn't, probably causing a slowdown because your ISP doesn't provide you with an absolute steady 70 Mbit/s line but allows traffic bursts which average out to a 70 Mbit/s over longer time. Exaggerated example: if your ISP sends you 140 MBit/s for 0.5s and then 0 Mbit/s for another 0.5s your computer sees 70 Mbit/s. Your E2500 would only get 45 Mbit/s because it can only handle approx. 91 Mbit/s due to the ethernet port.
Wireless performance is always less than wired performance. That's because wireless connections are much more prone to interference and thus have much higher error rates. As a rule of thumb you can expect about 1/2 the wired performance.
See also smallnetbuilder for wireless performance tests: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31578-cisco-linksys-e2500-advanced-dual-ban...
Uploads are less prone to this problem because you don't hit the maximum rates possible, thus you have less errors. Due to the lower rates buffers can better compensate loss in transmissions. And the error-prone link is closer to the sender allow quicker retransmissions if detected on that link...
In other words: I would say what you see is pretty normal...

WRT160N - Slow wireless connection

My wired connection is fine.
The range is fine at 100% percent.
My wireless download speeds are horrible.
I haven't made any changes to any of the settings, since I don't know much about routers.
Any help is appreciated.
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oook,
Thanks for the help. I have the same problem, tried your solution, but I'm still having a quite unpleasing experience with mine. I have the WRT160N ver. 3.0 with latest FW set to 5 GHz N-only. Still I can get only 20-30 mbps (2-3.5 MB/s on windows) top wireless speed out of it.
I have a NMH-410 which is wired to the router and I can get full 100 mbps when copying from/to it if I wire my notebook (Dell Inspiron 1525) to the router, but on the N wireless, even though it reports 144 mbps and strong signal, I can't get much more than the aforementioned 20-30.
Same with my Blu-ray (BDP-S570) which can't smoothly stream my 1080p/30 H264 home movies from it (from a Canon t2i/45 mbps).
Any ideas?

Slow Wireless, Fine Wired

I have BT Infinity Option 1, from April 2011
My wireless has been on the fritz lately, giving intermittently very slow speeds. About half an hour ago the BT Speed Tester Lite (Beta ) (I use this as the 'proper' one keeps giving me an error and will not let me use it) was showing a speed of 1.0mbps.
I restarted the hub, the speed went to approximately 5.0mbps. Ten minutes later it is down to 0.29mbps. Both speed tests were identical on various other third party testers. My wireless hardware is fine, when it works normally I get around 17 (expected max for a non-n wireless connection). This problem has happened before and the speeds come back to normal after being variable (but very, very low) for a few days or so but it is very frustrating to have regular <1.0mbps connection speeds when I expect closer to 20.0mbps (and pay for 40mbps)
When I connect by ethernet I get 37-39mbps, which is the expected maximum for my package/account so it is unlikely to be a line problem. I do not believe there is a wireless fault on my computer hardware given that it normally and regularly connects at its maximum speed.
My home hub is type 'A' (and an early one as I was an early adopter in April 2011), Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.57.1.3 (Type A). Could I have one of these faulty type A hubs I hear a lot about?
Also, how is it that I can't use the official speed test? This is frustrating as it would appear it's the only one BT care about or listen to.
Re-ran BT speed tester lite beta, result = 0.79mbps. This is ridiculous, I would get better speeds on normal broadband. The problem has happened before and resolved after a few days but is clearly well below acceptable speeds, almost 1/100th of what I'm paying for.
Anyone able to help or advise?

My post clearly indicates that I know the difference between wired and wireless, even the post topic says this.
My wired line speed is fine and dandy. (37-38mbps). My wireless speed is 0.3mbps. This is the problem. It has happened before and resolved after a few days, most of the time my wireless is in the range expected (17mbps being a G connection).
My main question is regarding the hub. I have a very early type A hub, is it likely to be part of the bad batch or faulty ones I have read about briefly here?

Wrt160n slow wireless speeds

i have a wrt160 connected to a wired desktop getting 9.5mps internet speeds and a wireless laptop getting barely 5mbs, why is that and is there settings i can change to fix that? i used speakeasy's speet test to get the speeds. thanks

Speed tests are not always reliable. Hover your mouse thru your LAN and wireless icons, that's the right speed your getting from the router. Now if it's still the same, upgrade the firmware of the router especially if it's a version 2 WRT160N router.

Slow wireless, fast ethernet

The wireless on my mbp is really slow most of the times -- about 3Mbps. I get 13 Mbps via ethernet. (speedtest.net)
A windows machine connected to the same network gets 13 Mbps on wireless as well as ethernet. Even my iphone gets 12 Mbps.
I guess this rules out problems with the router (DLink DI-524 with WEP).
Tried OpenDNS servers, no change. Also tried disabling file/internet sharing, Ipv6.
Any pointers are appreciated!

Welcome to the discussion area!
Rather than a long series of "try this" and "try that", it might be a good idea to have the device checked out at an Apple store for proper operation.
If the wireless is not performing up to spec, then a new device may prove to be the answer. If the AirPort Extreme works well at the Apple store, then the next thing you might want to check is the wireless card in your computer.
If you find that everything works OK on hardware, then you can start to explore different locations for the router in your home and check for possible wireless interference issues with other networks, cordless phones, or security systems.

Slow wireless but fast wired

Hi all, hopefully someone can help.
I have been getting lower speeds on my laptop for a few weeks now. I'm getting 50+mb into the house but only max 15mb to the laptop and my phone. It often drops down to below 10 and sometimes 2!
Ive reset the modem and the infinity box on many occasions which helps get the speed back up to 13-15 when it's dropped to 2mb. I've re-installed the bt software and have power cycled everything with no success.
I only recently tried the wited connection and it gets 50+mb.
I wondered if it was my wireless card which is an atheros and my laptop is an i5 acer so fairly new. I've just ordered a wirless dongle to see if it helps. The current atheros card does not seem to support and 'n' connection.
I've installed and run inssider and the best link score I can get is around 55-65. I have no idea how to understand the inssider graph but guess this is not great.
I would really appreciate some advice. Oh I am considering buying a home hub 4.0 as I am using the 3.0 version.
Many thanks
Steve

Don't keep resetting the modem. This could cause the DLM (Dynamic Line Management) to interpret this as a faulty line and lower your speeds.
Wireless speed will usually be slower than a wired connection. If you are getting the same sort of wireless speed on both your phone and your laptop this would tend to rule out the wireless card on your laptop.
It could be that if you turned off the smart wireless on the home hub and select a fixed channel it would improve.
As you have already downloaded inSSider you need to run it and look for the channel that has the least amount of networks on it. Once you have found this you need to set the homehub to that channel.
See link how to change channel
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14094/~/how-do-i-change-the-wireless-channel-on-my-bt...
You may find an improvement on your laptop with a wireless dongle but this won't help your phone connection. Have a good read through the forum about the wireless performance of the HH4 before you decide to buy one. You may be better to buy another make of router.

WRT160N. Wireless works great until I turn on my wired desktop.

WRT160n v1 firmware 1.02.2
Only have printer and laptop connected wireless.
Wired connection works good.
Wireless connections works good until I turn on my desktop ( wired)
If wireless does work with desktop on (big if) very slow page loading.

Well try resetting the router for 30 seconds in such a way that power light is blinking on the router & then do a complete network power cycle i.e., unplug the power cable from the modem & from the router & then plug the power cable to the modem first & once all the lights are solid green you could plug the power cable to the router & you will be able to go online wirelessly.

The best way to connect wireless and wired for a WRT160N.

It took me about 4 hours to find out how to connect wireless and wired to a network using model WRT160N. Here is what I have done. First install the CD when it says there is not connection connect your PC, Modem and router Andy any wireless are wired products, after that do what the linksys advisor tells your which is default. When it gives you the security key write it down because you will need it for your wireless and wired Products. Under security mode type your SDD name and where key 1 is type your security password with was given to you. Remember all you wireless products have to have the same SDD Like Linsys and all your wired products have to have a different name like Linsys2 but your Key 1 numbers has to stay the same. That is all you have to do. Remember that wireless and wired has to be in sequence. That should do it.

Hi David Hamilton1;
I guess that all depends on how critical your data is in relation to how much time you want to spend doing the erasure. Those higher level erasure options can take a significant amount of time to complete. Personally I don't have anything on my Mac that I think is worth more time then a simple erasure even if that does leave it some what recoverable. To me it seems some people are going overboard on this issue.
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E4200 Slow Wireless download and Network File Sharing

When I first got the E4200 up and running I was able to transfer files from my wireless laptop to a wired laptop at speeds of over 2 MBps(distance was over 40 ft). Now I have both laptops running wireless and a desktop that is wired via ethernet to the 4200 router and network file sharing runs much slower. Right now network transfer speeds are around 500-550 kBps.
Wireless network speeds are being affected also. Wi-fi d/l speeds via Cisco speed test is usually 5-6x slower than my wired speed tests, with upload speeds being faster than the d/l speed(Laptop is only 2 feet away from router for testing). And sometimes the wireless d/l speeds will slow down all the way to .15 mbps.
Has anyone come across this problem and found a fix for it, or have some suggestions? The router settings are mostly default and I have reset it to factory defaults via web interface and tried power cycling. But nothing so far has worked. I would hate to have to return this router and go back to the wrt54g.

Ok, well I tried all these and changing the MTU down to 1365 made it run real slow, so I found out the optimal mtu and switched between auto and manual 1500, and auto gave me more consistent speeds. It does seem to be running a bit faster with the name change of the 5 ghz band, and changing the channel of the 2.4 ghz band(Name changing 2.4 band did not make any noticable differences).
Right now I am getting download speeds around 10 mbps on the vista laptop(wireless), while the windows 7 desktop(wired) and laptop(wireless) are usually around 5.3-6 mbps. File sharing between the windows 7 machines are 4.3 MBps and 2.9 MBps between vista laptop and W7 desktop. Upload speeds on all machines are around 7mbps.
I am happier with the more consistent speeds between all machines instead of really fast between just 2, but am confused to why the vista laptop is running faster and my upload speed is faster than the download speeds on 2 of my machines.

WRT160N G wireless Laptop connects to internet and N Laptop does not

I have a WRT160N router with 1 wired and 2 wireless computers. The wired and G wireless connect to the internet work fine. The new laptop is wireless N and was connecting to the internet but now looks as if I have completely lost the wireless N in the Laptop. My question is can the router fail N and still operate G. Or it the new laptop wireless card failed.

Well in that case if the desktop is working & laptop is not working then would suggest you to update the drivers for the built-in adapter & check the ip address of the laptop.Also, check if you are able to ping 4.2.2.2 & yahoo.com. If they are able to ping then you will be able to go online wirelessly using the laptop.

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