Wireless connectivity

You are misunderstanding the capabilities of wireless connections.

Any wireless connection is only as fast as the prevailing environment around it will allow.

Also the rating of 54Mbps is what the MAXIMUM capability is, not what it will usually perform at.

[i]"My problem is that I have a 20MB internet connection and when I run a speed test (www.speedtest.net) I get very odd results.
If i am wired directly to Modem - 19800MB
IF I am wired to the router - 15500MB
If my I use my wireless connection - 5400MB very very little."[/i]

For a start, you have to heed the difference between Megabytes and Kilobits - each of your quoted speeds should be Kb, not MB. You have posted with speeds that are instantly 10x^3x8 above reality. ;)

Personally, I am sitting in the Scottish Highlands on a supposed 8MB connection, and my Speedtest.net result has just come back as: [b]6,197Kbps download / 304Kbps upload[/b] - I am content with that, given the local time and my geographical location. If I were located in Glasgow or London I might complain with this speed result, [i]then again I'd probably not [b]unless it really mattered.[/i][/b]

My Speedtest.net score of 6,197 is for Kbps, so to figure out my MBps score I divide it by 800, which comes out at [b]7.74MBps[/b]

Your score of 19,800Kbps comes out at [b]24.75MBps![/b]

[b]THAT is why I don't believe your figures - you are getting 25% MORE speed than you are quoting you SHOULD be getting - and you're still complaining! [/b] :^0

Your Speedtest results should be checked again.

[u]You have effectively just shot yourself in the foot![/u] ;)

What are you using your system for?
Why are you SO concerned about the figures coming back from Speedtest.net?
Were you concerned BEFORE you knew the figures? ;)

Remember - a little knowledge is a very dangerous thing. ;)

And never forget that there are EIGHT bits in a byte, a thousand bytes in a kilobyte, a thousand kilobytes in a megabyte.

Some educational links for you:

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/maxspeed80211b.htm

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wireless80211/a/aa80211standard.htm

You would do well to learn the subject of wireless and transmission speeds in general, before you go off at a tangent again.

I've just tested again at Speedtest.net and this time my result is [b]6,910Kbps / 366Kbps[/b]

This time it comes out at [b]8.63MB[/b]

Just shows - you can't complain about one set of results. But it does help if you know how to interpret them. ;)

With the g Standards in WiFi Networking it's top speed is 54 MEG per second which is what it is showing you have.

Wireless networking is always considerably slower than a Wired Connection. There is an old saying here that goes along the lines of [b]You can't have your Cake & eat it too.[/b] So if you want the flexibility of Wireless you have to expect slower Networking Speeds.

Of course the speeds that you are seeing are at best Projected speeds not the actual Real Speeds that will be realized. WiFi will be slower as there is Security to be included in all Network Traffic that isn't necessary in Wired Connections as well so WiFi will remain considerably slower connections.

Col