shirtlessguy
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linksys wireless usb adapter G+win7
Hi all
A little bit of background:
I have a newly upgraded win7 64bit computer (only the OS is new), working fine thru ethernet to a linksys wrt54g. It's an amd 4600+ (old school), with 2 gig ram.
I have a winxp laptop (2 years old) connecting wirelessly.
I got another winxp laptop (less than 1 year old) connecting wirelessly from the living room.
ALL three computers connect fine, use the internet fine. I ran speakeasy.net speed test on all three, and they were within normal stats (I have ATT 3 Mbps DSL line). The stats were about 2.1-2.5 Mbps on download.
The wireless router is on mixed, 11 GHz channel, wep security.
Now on to the problem.
So I had to move our wireless router from my room to the living room.
I bought the linksys wireless usb adapter G (WUSB54GC). Upon installing, realized the drivers on the CD didn't work w/ my desktop. Went to Linksys website, got the new 64bit drivers, installed them, got the wireless working. All of this was when the wireless router was in my room, still.
I ran speakeasy speed test on my desktop, found that it was good.
The issue comes, when I move the wireless router to the living room. The 2 winxp laptops connect fine, speedtest normal. Using the wireless adapter on my desktop, it's unable to maintain a constant connection. Speedtest comes out at 11 kbps. ELEVEN.
I change the usb adapter to both winxp laptops, installed the drivers FROM the cd, not even using updated ones from the website. THEY both work fine, speedtest normal. I even used them both near the wireless router in the living room, and then from my room, all normal.
Changing it back to my desktop results in a failure to run speedtest, websites load slowly, etc.
Called ATT to make sure the DSL line was normal, and they ran the tests and confirmed it was normal.
I even tried pinging.
From wireless desktop to room laptop (100-200 ms), kinda slow.
From wireless desktop to living room laptop AND wireless router -> ping out or get about 1000-3000 ms.
From room laptop to desktop, similar 100-200.
From room laptop to living room laptop and router, <1ms.
From living room laptop to wireless router and room laptop, <1 ms
From living room laptop to desktop a little under 100-200 ms.
I then changed the wireless USB to both laptops and pinged each other and the routers (didn't ping desktop for obvious reasons). Found that the pings were normal (<1ms) and speedtest were fine.
Is this an issue with the usb being incompatible w/ win7? Even though they are win7 drivers from linksys?
Any Help???
Hi all
A little bit of background:
I have a newly upgraded win7 64bit computer (only the OS is new), working fine thru ethernet to a linksys wrt54g. It's an amd 4600+ (old school), with 2 gig ram.
I have a winxp laptop (2 years old) connecting wirelessly.
I got another winxp laptop (less than 1 year old) connecting wirelessly from the living room.
ALL three computers connect fine, use the internet fine. I ran speakeasy.net speed test on all three, and they were within normal stats (I have ATT 3 Mbps DSL line). The stats were about 2.1-2.5 Mbps on download.
The wireless router is on mixed, 11 GHz channel, wep security.
Now on to the problem.
So I had to move our wireless router from my room to the living room.
I bought the linksys wireless usb adapter G (WUSB54GC). Upon installing, realized the drivers on the CD didn't work w/ my desktop. Went to Linksys website, got the new 64bit drivers, installed them, got the wireless working. All of this was when the wireless router was in my room, still.
I ran speakeasy speed test on my desktop, found that it was good.
The issue comes, when I move the wireless router to the living room. The 2 winxp laptops connect fine, speedtest normal. Using the wireless adapter on my desktop, it's unable to maintain a constant connection. Speedtest comes out at 11 kbps. ELEVEN.
I change the usb adapter to both winxp laptops, installed the drivers FROM the cd, not even using updated ones from the website. THEY both work fine, speedtest normal. I even used them both near the wireless router in the living room, and then from my room, all normal.
Changing it back to my desktop results in a failure to run speedtest, websites load slowly, etc.
Called ATT to make sure the DSL line was normal, and they ran the tests and confirmed it was normal.
I even tried pinging.
From wireless desktop to room laptop (100-200 ms), kinda slow.
From wireless desktop to living room laptop AND wireless router -> ping out or get about 1000-3000 ms.
From room laptop to desktop, similar 100-200.
From room laptop to living room laptop and router, <1ms.
From living room laptop to wireless router and room laptop, <1 ms
From living room laptop to desktop a little under 100-200 ms.
I then changed the wireless USB to both laptops and pinged each other and the routers (didn't ping desktop for obvious reasons). Found that the pings were normal (<1ms) and speedtest were fine.
Is this an issue with the usb being incompatible w/ win7? Even though they are win7 drivers from linksys?
Any Help???
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