slow speeds since started wireless

[allan45121]

Hi i have just bought a wireless adapter for my desktop pc installed it and connected it upnow i can only get speeds of under 1 Mb/s i have also been suffering from internet blackouts for the past few days before i bought the adapter. When i was connected with wires i was getting speeds ofabout 3Mb/s. I have a Belkin G+ Mimo modem router and a belkin wireless G USB Network adapter. I have requested my MAC code from my ISP and Have signed up with a more reputable one. I dont know if this is a hardware problem or an ISP problem... Any thoughts?

[johnwill]

Well, wireless will be slower than wired connections. When I run a speed test I get 15mbit on a wired connection, and around 6mbit on an excellent 802.11g wireless connection. Having more than one system connected to the same AP will slow it down considerably more. Also, you need to enable encryption, or you might have a freeloader sucking up your bandwidth.

[allan45121]

right, just set up encryption i am also finding that only some websites load. sites i have found that dont load are, bebo, zdnet and msn site. the reason i was trying to access msn site is because my windows msn messenger is also not connecting i am getting the error "80048820" i have googled this and tried all the fixes i found but i still get this error message... man i hate technology!!!!!

[allan45121]

help please

[Taralynn]

One thing MSN has been having issues for months now, slower than a drunken sailor. I belong to some MSN groups, its aweful. Also do you have cable modem>? We recently had our wireless go slower and slower, long story short, our splitter went bad on the main cable coming into the house, we got a new one form the cable co. and all is a lot better.

[johnwill]

There is no reason that encryption on the wireless link should affect some sites loading, and I've sure never seen that. I have both my wireless router's encrypted, and they connect to all sites just fine.