I recently purchased a shiny Sony Viao laptop with the intention of setting up a wireless broadband connection using the Belkin 54g router. Now I have to say I am far from impressed with the service I am getting. It usually connects very quickly (at 54 whatevers per second) but usually drops off to about 24 within minutes and slowing the whole surfing process. I also find that when I'm downloading stuff the connection drops off or resets itself thus cutting off my downloads. Is it the modem itself which is poor or are there settings that need adjusting to give me a better service. It's getting to the stage where the router is about to embark on it's maiden flight out of the attic window!!!!!

You don't have someone elses wifi network overlapping your own on the same channel do you?

sounds like a conflict or someone sharing your connection...

It is supposed to be secure though..is it not??..that's how I've set it up...if what you say is the case, what is it, how did it happen and is it easy to prevent/stop??

It doesn't have to be a security problem, could just be someone nearby using the same channel (frequency) - go into the router config page and try changing it... Here's (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesstips.mspx) some more ideas, although nothing you wouldn't think of by common sense...

First off the companies should be shot at dawn for the way they market wifi gear, 54 mbit will return you about half of the stated speed due to overhead. You might get a bit more but at half, its still faster than your internet conection but you will notice slower file transfer between pc's than you will with cat5.

As for your other problem.. A few things can cause you grief such as wireless phones etc so go into the router config and find your wireless settings and alter the channel on it..windows will follow the setting you apply to the router. I use chan 11 on mine ut out off the box it was set to 2 and that was very bad.

Set your transmit to g only (if all your adapters are on g)

You might want to turn off any security until you have it running ok but just keep checking the conections list in your router to make sure no one is on your network.

Once you find the best channel you can then add security one stage at a time, I use WPA-PSK with MAC association also.

Try those things first and see if it helps at all

Download Netstumbler on your laptop and have a walk around your house and garden to see if there are any other wireless networks in the area.

Originally posted by mimic
First off the companies should be shot at dawn for the way they market wifi gear, 54 mbit will return you about half of the stated speed due to overhead. You might get a bit more but at half, its still faster than your internet conection but you will notice slower file transfer between pc's than you will with cat5.

As for your other problem.. A few things can cause you grief such as wireless phones etc so go into the router config and find your wireless settings and alter the channel on it..windows will follow the setting you apply to the router. I use chan 11 on mine ut out off the box it was set to 2 and that was very bad.

Set your transmit to g only (if all your adapters are on g)

You might want to turn off any security until you have it running ok but just keep checking the conections list in your router to make sure no one is on your network.

Once you find the best channel you can then add security one stage at a time, I use WPA-PSK with MAC association also.

Try those things first and see if it helps at all
Many thanks..your post was a lot more helpful than the one above you. Common sense in computer terms may seem common sense to you but to others it may not be :loopy:

Originally posted by wibbles
Many thanks..your post was a lot more helpful than the one above you. Common sense in computer terms may seem common sense to you but to others it may not be :loopy:
I disagree. Rich's comments were just as valid and true as mimic's.

We're only trying to help, free of charge, and we have a difficult position trying to diagnose faults and problems from our vantage point. I don't think the :loopy: smiley was necessary.