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Wifi - performance - am I going BONKERS !!
Hi there
I was over sorting out a friends Cable box system and I got some real weird wifi results. He needs the 2.4 GHZ so 5 GHZ wasn't an option
Set his router to "N" only -- Wideband -- wifi connector showed 300 Mbs connection - but talk about SLOW -- and I tried all the available channels -- no difference -- and believe me in ISL we probably have one of the best broadband systems on the entire planet and not too much contention either.
Set back to "G" only with narrow (20MHZ) option.
Wifi card back to 150 Mbs connection (i.e half that of the "N" connection). Thing flew --go figure !!!!
Download from a torrent site (not saying which - but a good test) was regularly over 4 - 5 Mb/s over wifi so not a bad result for the "G" wifi.
Any idea why the faster broadband spectrum performed so abysmally compared with the lower, slower and older standard.
At my home I use 5GHZ and regularly see 500 or more Mbs connection over wifi. The only difference is the cable boxes -- we both have the same ISP and they do support all the fast protocols. I suggested changing the cable box but he has a load of people using his Wifi and some of those PC's can only use 2.4 GHZ. Still doesn't explain why modern laptop was slower on "N" than the "G" standard while we were testing. -- On "G" we used channel 11 which usually seems the best one to use.
Totally puzzeled.
Cheers
jimbo