Hhhhheeeeeellllllppppp

[vwtimmy]

Ok I have two wifi netgear routers 1: netgear MR814 802.11B router and 4 port switch and also 2: a netgear WGR614 802.11G and B Router with 4 port switch.

Also I have 2 wifi cards Both netgear 1: is an A and B wifi card (pcmcia) and the other is a B and G card (pcmcia). I have bandwidth from my ISP up to 2 mbps. If I use the cat 5 cable and hard wire in I have full bandwidth but if I use the wifi connection I only get about 800 kbps, (by the way this is all from cnet's bandwidth meter). I have no WEP enabled I have used all channels and the signal is full with both cards. I used the ONLY G network and it is no faster than the B network. Is the WIFI always like this???? Some one PLEASE HELP I have ran out of Idea's.

[Mr Lodin]

I guess the routers act as APs?
Are they both operating on the same channel? Try putting them on different channels (1 and 11) unless they are out of range from each other. Set up the clients to communicate with one specific AP.
Otherwise I think the 2 Mbps bandwidth is the problem. If you only have 2 Mbps you can't expect 54 Mbps using 802.11g (?). The limited bandwidth probably sets the 802.11b connection to communicate at 2 Mbps (DSSS). The throughput in wireless connections are about half the maximum bit rate. Which is about what you get...
Get better backhaul if you want better performance.

[vwtimmy]

I only have one of the routers up at a time. First I had the 802.11B Router and the A-B wifi card. It says I am connected at 11mbps but through the internet I am only getting about 800K. I thought it was the router in B mode so I purchased a 802.11G router and wifi card thinking that would be enough to get my full bandwidth from the internet. But it didn't change any thing. I was wondering if it had anything to do with half duplex or full duplex? I know that the cat 5 cable run's full duplex but I'm not sure about wifi. My bandwidth problem is only with the internet, I'm not talking to any other computers.

[sniper]

Hey vw,

I guess there's a configuration parameter in some of the wireless routers or Ap's to enable the data rates for G radio seperately. Can you please check that.
Also try changing the bit rate /duplex settings from auto to manually set that's preferable.

Cheers,
Sniper

[wirelessoceans]

802.11g is rarely need or utilized 11b is up to 11 megs (half duplex) which is much more than almost any home will get from an ISP. When you hard wire and do the speed test are you plugging into the LAN port on the AP? If so than I dont know, it could be overhead in the settings of your client card, besides that good luck but I have never had that experience before and I have used many netgear products

Also try the tests on dslreports.com I find them to be more acurate.

[vwtimmy]

I figured out what was going on but I would still like some help for any one that cares. I reloded win xp and all of the sudden I have 1.5 mbps but still not 2.2 as hard wired but it's getting better. I was wondering if there was any hidden system file or something that controls the pcmcia slot or somthing along that line. I have gone in to network properties and haven't found anything. Any help would be very helpful.