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"excellent" signal connection to wireless desktop, but slow internet download

i have DSL, with a wireless router, WEP, and MAC filtering. I have excellent signal strength for all of my network devices (on a wireless-g network). When i test the bandwidth

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on my laptop i get 2100-2700 kbps. On my desktop (with 77-81% signal strength) i get at best 800 kbps at best it's a fast machine, and i want the fastest connection possible -- any suggestions?

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jebarnes
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do all of your downloads run at that speed or just some? all downloads from all servers or all downloads from the same server? was this a

1-time thing or is it consistent? do you get the same results when you connect desktop/laptop directly to DSL modem by-passing the router? 73, rich, n9dko
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Rich

On 4 Dec 2006 07:42:49 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in :

Switch to WPA (WEP is too weak) and lose the MAC filtering (which is trivial to bypass).

Post a lot more details on the computers, OS, and network devices.

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John Navas

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