slow wifi on windows-7

schneidz · 05-24-2010, 10:32 AM

hi, i was trying to download a large file in firefox but it said it was getting 5.5 kb/s with 8 days, 12 hours left to go.
i stuck a usb harddrive and restarted the pc to start xbmc/ debian linux and using wget i get this speed:

Code:

Saving to: `battlefield2demo.exe'

35% [==============================>                                                          ] 200,602,424  637K/s  eta 16m 2s

what would be the cause for the discrepancy.

05:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

Jeebizz · 05-24-2010, 10:59 AM

It might be a driver issue, try finding a different version. Also check under the device settings, and make sure that it is using the correct channel, and also make sure the speed is set to at least 50mbps, and not using any kind of power save which might throttle bandwidth down to 'save power'. Also if it is a g card, make sure under the settings you choose g instead of b.

schneidz · 05-25-2010, 07:50 AM

^ thanks jeebizz, i ran windows-update and reinstalled the ralink driver. the problem still persisted but magically after a few hours i was getting better throughput.