Something is wrong with my built in wireless in my notebook

[mellowboy]

This is starting to frusterate me. Just lately my notebook (sony vaio) has been losing some connection. It used to be at 54 MBPS but now it goes down to 24 MBPS. Even when I get close to my wireless router its still the same thing. Anyone knows what could be wrong?

[Oz]

It probably doesn't really matter mate. The fastest real world speed you're likely to see is 15-20mbps.

[l_eclipse_l]

Check how many IP's it is dishing out, you may have someone dragging you down with a lower speed card.

Also try resetting your router or downloading the newest driver for your card, it may improve your performance slightly.

[Oz]

You could try flashing your router with the latest firmware too, it's hard to tell what will do the trick. It could be interference from other WLANs using the same channel, try switching channels. Whatever the claimed connection speed is usually bears no resemblance to real world performance, unfortunately.

[bjboertje]

maybe someone is piggybacking.

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by l_eclipse_l

Check how many IP's it is dishing out, you may have someone dragging you down with a lower speed card.

Also try resetting your router or downloading the newest driver for your card, it may improve your performance slightly.

How do I do that? I have a built in wireless by the way.

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by Oz

You could try flashing your router with the latest firmware too, it's hard to tell what will do the trick. It could be interference from other WLANs using the same channel, try switching channels. Whatever the claimed connection speed is usually bears no resemblance to real world performance, unfortunately.

How do I switch channels? I have a linksys wireless N router set up on my desktop computer. I bought a wireless N card for my fathers laptop since he doesn't have a built in wireless. It was working really good up until now.

[Oz]

Log into the router via the web interface. Usually just open a command prompt, type 'ipconfig' and type the IP Address of the Default Gateway into a web browser.

[Paul79UF]

You never mentioned if you had any security on your router such as a WEP/WAP password or a MAC address filter.

If you don't have any security and you have neighbors, I would take care of that first.

and like someone else said....24mbs is fine for a wireless connection since most cable/dsl broadband internet providers don't need that much throughput. If you're transferring large files to other computers on your network, then you should be wired.

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by Paul79UF

You never mentioned if you had any security on your router such as a WEP/WAP password or a MAC address filter.

Oh yes Im definitely using WEP security.

Originally Posted by Paul79UF

and like someone else said....24mbs is fine for a wireless connection

Well maybe its me but I know it was always at 54mpbs. I could be imagining things though. I thought I was so sure.