[Dex4788]

So I just converted today (goodbye Windows ) and so far it's been going very smooth. I have a small question regarding the wireless connectivity though. I connected just fine with my router, and I'm actually typing this right now using the wireless internet on my Macbook. My question is I find the net speed to be considerably slower than on my PC. My friend told me that it should be close to whatever your dl/ul rate is on the comp, if you're very close to the router.

I went to speakeasy.net/speedest to test that out, and here are my avg. results after 3 tests:

Desktop
22834 kbps DL
2048 kbps UL

MacBook
12617 kbps DL
1341 kbps UL

So as you can see, the wireless speeds are nearly cut in half of what I usually get when I surf on my desktop. Is this normal?

I'm thinking I need to configure some of the settings of my router, but I'm not sure. I'll have my friend come over tomorrow to take a look at it, but maybe some of you can offer some extra suggestions that I'll be able to pass along to him? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[ael719]

Was your desktop using a wireless card or did you have an ethernet cable hooked up to it from the router?

Another thing to consider is your what type of router do you have? 802.11 A/B/G?

[Dex4788]

The comp is connected with an ethernet cable to the wireless router. And here's the webpage to my router so all the info is there:

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6

[azncreazion]

Well of course the MacBook will have a slower connection as it is connected wirelessly, while the desktop is connected to ethernet cable which is faster

[Dex4788]

Yeah, of course I expected that. But I was wondering if it's normal to have half the speed be cut off, especially if the Macbook is no more than 5 feet away from the router.

[matty-uk]

Yes it will be half the speed because your mac is connecting over wireless which is 54Mbps where as the ethernet connection will be 100Mbps

[ghporter]

Networking issues go in the Networking Forum.

[MickeyZ]

I'm not an expert in wireless networking, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think what matty-uk and azncreazion said is true if the Internet/broadband connection speed is equal or less 54Mbps (G standard). In Dex4788 case he's getting nearly 22Mbps download speed on the desktop connected with ethernet cable which is well below what standard G gives (54Mbps), so I would expect him getting download speed on MB close to what he's getting on the desktop, as both MB and D-Link router support G standard.

I've 6Mbps broadband connection at home and am getting that speed on both desktop (connected with ethernet cable) and MBP over wireless.