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Blitz49
10-07-2006, 05:31 PM
I am having problems with a new engenius EUB-362 ext wireless usb adapter. My current setup is 2 laptops with pcmcia cards, one is linksys and the other is a netgear. Two desktop with wirless pci cards. One with a airlink pci and the other is the engenius EUB usb adapter.

The two laptops and desktop with wirless pci cards work prefectly fine. The problem is with the engenius EUB-362 usb adapter. I am getting really slow download speeds on it, but upload is working perfectly fine. When I go to DSLREPORTS, to do a speed test, i get speeds a little better than a modem. This is the 4th USB adapter I have gone through and all had the same problem. I went through a linksys WUSB11, netgear MA111, and a netgear WG111T and now the engenius. All usb adapters I have bought and returned have experience the same problems of slow downloads. I even installed each of the usb adapters on the 2 laptops and the other desktop, and still the same problems. I know usbs adapters should work good or else I would of seen a lot of complaints about usb wireless adapters.

Sorry for this being so long, but I have tried all the basic trouble shooting like changing channels, messing with permable, etc... The router I am using is a netgear MR814V2 802.11b, and I dont' know what else to do. My last choice is to change out the router, but I don't see why speed drops are only occuring on usb adapters only? Usbs are suppose to have high transfer rates, but I am not getting it. Please help........

Blitz49
10-09-2006, 08:05 PM
I guess no one has problems with Wireless USB adapters huh?

golfnut
10-09-2006, 08:54 PM
First you have to define download speed...

Try speakeasy.net or testmy.net for your download speed test. Don't run the test repeatedly from the same browser session or you may cache/taint the results (i.e. close/open your browser every time you run the test).

What's the distance from the Desktop with the USB adapter and your wireless router and/or access point?

Try testing the download speed with all other PCs turned off.

Clock a file transfer between PCs.

Do you have McAfee, PC Doctor, or some other web content virus protection on the PC?

Can you configure the USB adapter to run in 802.11b mode only?

Try testing with WEP off if you use it.

Considering that this is happening with the 4th adapter, step back, have a sip of your favorite beverage, and factor any other items that may affect down load speed. I don't think it's the adapter...

Greg