Hi everyone, I had upgraded to the BT optic broadband, the engineer came gave me a new modem and router, and a new wall plate to plug the phone in, promised me a lot faster speed up to 40mbps.. now we have 2 laptops, when i am connected via wireless connection my top speed is 5.17 MBPS .the engineer said i have to connect via cable to increase the speed. so i bought a cable, the average speed is 34 MBPS so why is there a big difference between the two connections. and is this normal.?? can i increase my wifi speed?? thanks for constructive reply's.

How old is your laptop? If it is quite old it will have the 802.11b
standard, if it has, that is about right for max speed.
Good site here for explanations;-
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/w...elessspeed.htm

What make and model of laptop do you have? That will indicate whether or not you can switch to 802.11g or 802.11n modes to get a faster WiFi connection.

Also you might need to dive into the set-up of the router and double check the WiFi section in there hasn't been set to 802.11b for some weird reason. Normally it would be set to something like 802.11b/g/n which means the router adapts to whatever the laptop or other device connecting to it can support.

You say you have two laptops? Presumably both have WiFi? If so what speed does the other one connect at?

HI thanks for replying, my laptop is an old one. an acer aspire 5715z bought it in 2007. been a good one.. and still going strong..

my partners computer is an notebook and she has just done a wifi speed test ..result of her test is 36.79 mbps and upload speed of 8.35 mbps

As far as I can see that laptop has 802.11g WiFi which would give you somewhere round 23-25Mb/s. Not quite the full speed of your internet connection but a good deal better than 5 or 6 you are getting now.

What you need to find is the set-up of the built in WiFi adapter and set it to 802.11g mode.

thanks for your reply... just done another speed test.. result is. average of three tests is 17 mbps.


and of course the connection is not constant. it does drop some nights to a lower reading of 25 from 36 when connected via cable..

just did another test.. 21.22 mbps... and upload speed of 9.50 mbps as you say maximum i will get wifi is 25mbps.. suppose more people using it, less speed i will get...

Shouldn't work like that on BT's network. Are you using speedtest.btwholesale.com ?

That will give a true reflection of your speed.

ok i use that one right now..

I have a newish fairly expensive laptop and it's wireless performance is dire. At the router I get 78Mbps, with the laptop on wireless I get 6Mbps - it's wireless N. In the same position my wife's Vaio gets 12Mbps, my 2013 Nexus 7 gets 15Mbps.

Thank goodness for homeplugs.

My exchange is now saying Future Exchange by the end of 2014 , Sam Knows is stating end of May 14. The BT box up the road around 75-100 metres away has had work going on near it today , theres an area near it thats been left concreted with a couple of plastic pipes sticking out the ground just around the corner from the BT cab.

Am I right in thinking this is for the fibre cabinet ?

Will my address defo receive a service as I believe some areas still can't even though they have fibre at there exchange ? The BT infinity page does say it will be coming and on entering my postcode and house number estimates 58.1mb , how accurate are these ?

Whos the best value unlimited ISP to choose , I have Sky TV and Sky BB currently ?

I have had Infinity for about 2 and a half years now and have had my Openreach modem replaced twice in that time due to a fault.
Just 6 or 7 months ago I got upgraded to there up to 76mb speeds.
I get a steady 66.7mb speed 97% of the time on my desktop PC connected to the Home Hub 3.
Via wifi I get just over 8mb on my phone and tablet.
I get near 40mb speeds using home plugs connected to my Youview box.
I also find not every speed tester site will show you the same speed results some will differ a little.

Darren