Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I was connecting to my wireless router with a 54Mbps adapter for ages. I just bought a 108Mbps one, installed it, connected with it and expected a difference. When I hover over the icon in the quicklaunch tray it still says my speed is 54Mbps. Is there an obvious reason for this? Have I c0cked it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 www.speedtest.net What does it say on this after you do the test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 That only the speed of your home network, not your internet connection. Networks are always limited by the slowest point. Your internet connection is probably 8Mbps or something like that, so any traffic to or from the internet will never be faster than that, no matter how fast your router is. Also, the same applies to the network adapter in your PC. If it's only capable of 54Mbps, traffic between your router and PC will never be faster than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 www.speedtest.net What does it say on this after you do the test? Download speed was 4919kbps Upload speed 487kbps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 So you will be on about 6MB/8MB internet connection. As said before if you want faster internet then you need to pay more to get the faster package. We are with Virgin just now and every so often they update the speed for free. We started at 8MB a couple of years ago and from the updates we are on 20MB now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Thanks for the info guys. I'll try and get onto my ISP for free upgrades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky999 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 You may also have to change the settings within your wirelass router, i had to do that with my netgear router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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