Wireless speed is 60% slower than when hardwired directly . Router is only about 2 years old. Do I need to buy a new router

JRod3,

Your new Laptop is capable of Wireless N theoretical transfer rate of 300 mbps with two antennas. Your router is wireless G at max. theoretical transfer rate of 54 mbps. I would recommend replacing your router with one that has wireless N. I use a Motorola Surfboard SBG6580. With some routers you can go into your settings and disable the firewall which will help with the speed. Firewalls can sometimes be redundant if you have a firewall in your operating system (windows) anyway. Before you run out and get a new router I would hardwire your laptop to the router (cat5E cable) you have now just to make sure you don't have a bottleneck somewhere else. Then do a speed test using your Vuze program. You may need to Port Forward your router, not always necessary..... you can get lots of info at portforward.com on your specific router. Depending on your speed that you are paying for from Time Warner you want to make sure you have the right router as well. Here is a list Buy Your Modem Time Warner Cable . If you reach your desired speeds hardwired to your laptop then I would get the new Wireless N router. Good Luck.

1-Is it a cable modem? The new ones Cox has out are DOCSIS-3 and if your router is several years old you may want to replace it with a router that is designed for DOCSIS-3. I kept my DICSIS-2 router (3 yrs old).
2-You should do a few speed tests to confirm performance then talk to your internet provider about your connection. I had to have Cox come out to check things and they replaced a component on their side.
3-Do have a friend or a neighbor going through the same thing? I did, we compared notes and got to the bottom of it.

Good Luck

Try resetting your router.

if it is working but intermittently most probably you may need to update your routers firmware online... go into your routers GUI " Graphical User Interface settigns page there should be an option for you to update the routers firmware... also try calling the routers manufacturer give them what model your router is for them to check and give you info if there are updates available for the specific router you have. if it connects it is ok it it gives an error something is incorrect in the settings.

My friend, current technology does not allow for these speeds via wireless. Wire is rated at 100 (cat 5) or 1000 (cat 6) while wireless is 10. Your Linksys will communicate with your modem device at the higher rate, but the wireless will be slower.

To get the 1000 speed, all devices attached to your 1000 rated network will have to be rated 1000; computers, printers, routers, etc. You must also use category 6 or higher cable to get that speed. If you have any device on a 1000 rated network that is rated at a slower speed, everything will slow down to that slower speed.

I am not a wireless fan for two reasons: (1) Speed (2) security. Normally, distance is not a problem - Current technology allows for a 300 foot radius circle around your router (perfect circumstances)

Now then, the salesman may tell you something else and there may be another question catcher come in and tell you something else. My comments are based on my own personal experience while operating my own networks.

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its because ur belkin routers MTU is not properly configured in the products ... u need to lower doen the MTu speed ..

Initially make a note of the router settings you have configured.
Try restoring the router to factory defaults.
A firmware update may also be worth performing but suspect not unless your ISP has changed the service.
If you update firmware make sure you use the correct version for the hardware you have. The hardware version can be found on serial no. label.

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Hi Billie
I would suggest this one. Its a good with the display of speed as so that you can your connectivity speed real time. It has all the latest N technologies. This would be a good one to buy
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Wireless_WiFi/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A1237575

Thank you
Rakesh
Dell Laptop Expert
http://rakeshinnovation.blogspot.com

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