Raising my MPHS

[Hastings]

Alright I have 3 computers in the house. Two are wireless and our main computer is connected to our router /w the cord. The two computers exept mine Wireless network connection Speed is 50mphs and mines only 11mphs. I can't figure out how to raise. By the way i'm not really computer friendly.

[johnwill]

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

Make and model of the broadband modem.
Make and model of the router.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Make/model of your computer.
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP2, Vista, etc.

Also, please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.




On any problem computer, I'd also like to see this:

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[Hastings]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Zach>IPCONFIG/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : zach-i0gulg2j1r
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain_not_set.invalid

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain_not_set.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-B USB Network Adapt
er v4.0 #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-17-95-D6-25
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
71.243.0.12
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:23:16 P
M
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 12, 2007 12:23:16 P
M

[johnwill]

How about the make/model of the equipment involved? It sounds like you have an old NIC in the machine, since it specifies Wireless-B there. That's an 11mbit maximum speed connection. If you want a faster wireless connection, you need to buy an 802.11g wireless adapter.