WRT54G Wireless speed poor

Hi guys, I have a WRT54g router and I recently moved and had to connect wirelessly to the router for various reasons and I found out that the speed is very slow, we are on a 30mbps connection and receive about 12-16 depending on how the router feels through wireless. When connected directly to the router through ethernet the speed is spot on at 30mbps.
I looked around and found a few fixes, tried them and they haven't helped, even if you sit directly next to the router the speed doesn't go over 16mbps.
My firmware version is v4.30.14

Hi redpiano,
There might be an interference on your network. It's recommended to place the router on a higher location for better wireless signal and fast wireless speed. You may change the wireless channels of your router. You can use channels 6,3,9,1 or 11. Make sure as well that your network is secured. Refer to this link : How to resolve poor or no signal from a wireless router
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What kind of speed is everyone getting on this thing? I get 11Mb/s wired but my wireless seems to be capped at about 3.5Mb/s. I've got a laptop and desktop on wireless and it makes no difference where I put them.
If this is typical I could use some suggestions on a new router.

With wireless, most users get half their wired speed, sometimes more.
First of all, give your network a unique SSID. Do not use "linksys". If you are using "linksys" you may be trying to connect to your neighbor's router. Also set "SSID Broadcast" to "enabled". This will help your computer find and lock on to your router's signal.
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In your router, try a different channel. There are 11 channels in the 2.4 GHz band. Usually channel 1, 6, or 11 works best. Check out your neighbors, and see what channel they are using. Because the channels overlap one another, try to stay at least +5 or -5 channels from your strongest neighbors. For example, if you have a strong neighbor on channel 9, try any channel 1 through 4.
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garrman wrote:
Hi Jibjib,
To say I have cascaded the EA6500 into another router would be inaccurate. I have the VDSL line coming into a 2Wire gateway. I decided not to use the wireless built into the 2Wire because it is wireless G only. The 2Wire gateway is handling the DHCP function. I have disabled the DHCP in the EA6500 so it acts like a switch for wired connections and a wireless access point.
Here is a link to my set up http://www.sbbala.com/uverse/ I used methos 2.
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I'm not using the EA6500 in bridge mode as that's not what I am looking to do.
I don't think you would call what I'm doing LAN to LAN. I'm not creating a separate wireless network but rather a wireless access point.
The only changes I made from the stock configuration is to set the EA6500 ip address to 192.168.1.252, renamed both the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz wireless bands and apply WPA2 security. Lastly, I disabled DHCP on the EA6500.
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I have install a WRT54GS wireless router.
Since then my download speed on my pc (the one directly connect with the router) has come down from 4mb to 1mb.
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Message Edited by Ichigo on 07-22-2007 10:13 AM
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Set "SSID Broadcast" to "enabled". This will help your computer find and lock on to your router's signal.
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What encryption are you using? WEP? WPA? WPA2? Some systems work significantly better with one encryption system vs. another. So try something different. WEP is no longer recommended. You should be using WPA or preferably WPA2. Password (key) should not have any spaces in it.
Windows XP requires a patch to run WPA2 (= PSK2 = WPA with AES ). Go to Microsoft Knowledge base, article ID=893357 and it will direct you to the patch.
Sadly, the patch is not part of the automatic Windows XP updates, so lots of people are missing the patch.
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Wireless connections are always slower than wired connections, but in most cases, you should be able to achieve at least 50% or more of the wired speed (unless you are so far away from the router that your signal is poor just from distance).
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