Re: Wireless slow down problem

On Jan 15, 7:46 pm, timjro...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,

Firstly apologies if something like this is already on here.  I've had
a good look through and can't find anything so here goes,

For some reason my wireless connection seems to slow down over time.
What i mean is that immediately after turning my machine on, my
network connection whizzes along fine, then about 10-15mins later
browsing and downloading is reduced to a crawl, download tests say
7kbps (when it first connects i get 3.6mbps).

My machine is an athlon 64 3000+ running at 1.3GHz, 1 Gig of RAM with
XP SP2 (fully updated, not the x64 version though).  The machine runs
fine, apart from the internet connection.  I was using a Netgear Range
max wireless usb dongle (WPN111GE) and thought that might be the
issue.  I've just installed a D-link 53Mbps pci card (DWL-G510),
hoping that would solve the problem, but exactly the same thing
happens.

The router is a 54Mbps dsl netgear one (WGR614) and that is connected
to a virgin cable modem via ethernet.

This problem only happens on my desktop PC.  When i connect it
directly using a huge long ethernet cable, I don't have a problem.  My
laptop and my three housemate's laptops don't have any problem either
(They are all running XP SP2 as well).

I'm running Avast antivirus and switching it off has no effect, nor
does turning off the windows firewall.
If i disable the wireless card then re-enable it, it seems to sort
itself, then slows up again.  I'm thinking is must be the hardware,
but to happen to two different bits of kit from different
manufacturers is a bit weird.

Any help would be massively appreciated, cheers

Check for any possible firmware updates for your router.

Also, I enxcountered such a problem where my wireless USb dongles
slowed down, or stopped completely, during my use. Turned out my USB
ports (add-on) seemed to be using a uncompatible USB controlling
chipset (Ali) and since replacing the USB ports by a NEC based card,
all is weel.
.

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