very slow wireless internet speed [ Edited ]

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i had just bought a dell laptop with wifi connection i have road runner and a link sys wirless router.  my router is about 5 yrs old i beleive its befw11 ver 4 i connect wirelessly to the internet via my router but the speeds are very slow or even none at all at times but it says i have full signal !!  any help please ??

Message Edited by   on 07-30-2007 08:23 AM

[sharkbyte]

What about wired connection? What speed do you get when you are hardwired directly to the Linksys router?

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when i plug it in wired my speed is great it just is slow when i connect wirelessly

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i also just updated the latest firmware for my befw11s4 ver.4 router and reset it  my laptop still had a slow response time but the signal says  excellent

[sharkbyte]

try changing the channels. I suggest 11 in your case.

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ok i have tried changing channels and reseting my router and my cable modem the only thing that seems to work temporarily is when i unplg my modem for a min or 2 and then plug itback in my speeds return to normal but at any given time they slow down again and takes forever to websurf any suggestions ??