Tessa the Duchess Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 A couple of weeks ago we set up a wireless network using my son's broadband connection. I use Mac Airport and DH bought a receiver. Son has complained to me today that his broadband speed is really slow since we set it up he told me that he used to download a film in 4/5 hours and it now takes 9 days Is it possible that the network we created could have slowed down his speeds, he is only on 2 megs anyway, or is he just having a moan Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Downloading films... Nothing illegal I hope. Anyway, your network is fine, but if you are using it at the same time it will be slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks Fred, you always come to my aid with my computer woes No nothing illegal, he pays for them on his monthly bill. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 There was an interesting news article on the 'wireless' this morning about the variation in download speeds for broadband connections. For a decent sized town, Banbury is the pits fro internet broadband speed/connections - they need to replace the exchange, but haven't done so yet. It causes us havoc at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Downloading films... Nothing illegal I hope. Anyway, your network is fine, but if you are using it at the same time it will be slower. We find this. If one of us is on the PC and the other on the laptop then the internet is really slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I'll ask my techie friend about this, but I guess that it 'dilutes' the signal, although theoretically you're supposed to be able to get loads of users all online simultaneously - we certainly can at our office in Cardiff, but perhaps we just have a 'stronger' router there. Nice to see you back Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I'm in a student house and we have 6 people using our router and it doesn't make any difference to our speed even if we're all downloading stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 I'm in a student house and we have 6 people using our router and it doesn't make any difference to our speed even if we're all downloading stuff Could you possibly tell me which router you are using? Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 We're using the Belkin wireless G+ MIMO router and we're with virgin for our broadband which is fast but can be unreliable at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Virgin broadband is up to 16meg I think, a lot faster than 2 meg. Nothing to do with the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 We're using the Belkin wireless G+ MIMO router and we're with virgin for our broadband which is fast but can be unreliable at times. We are using exactly the same set up, Belkin router and Virgin Broadband. I wonder why ours is so rubbish with only 3 people using it, only two people really as DH rarely goes online. Oh well. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 The walls in your house are the problem! Walls in houses can affect the speed and range of the wireless signal. Try moving the router to a new location and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
