Help! Wireless connection slow for web but not file sharing!

Hi,

I'm having a very peculiar problem. I discovered that my intel 2200bg card is somehow capping my web browser downloads at 1.5mbps (~200kB/s). Any file I download through any browser does not go faster. Speed tests at www.testmy.net and www.dslreports.net all cap out at around 1.5mbps.

BUT, torrents go at 500kB/s, which is the way it's supposed to be. Transferring files over the network is also much faster than the 1.5mbps "cap" observed on web downloads.

This even happens in safe mode so I highly doubt this is a software issue (of course it can still be drivers, just not some spyware or other ****). If I hook up a wired connection I immediately get boosted to 500kB/s on the speed tests.

I tried the dell drivers and the drivers from intel. This is all with just the drivers and letting windows manage the connection.

What should I do???

Thanks,

Flaviu

 

Interesting problem. Normally it is the other way around. It could be the wirless card. Check out wireless. They have a thread devoted to the 2200 card. I personally hate this card. It doesn't work very good at my home connection but at school it is fine.
Tim

 

What do you mean "check out wireless"? Is it some website, section?

Yea this problem is really annoying me...bigtime.

 

Do you have QoS enabled on the PC or the router? If so, it could be throttling HTTP.

 

Hmm it's enabled, yes, but then again it's also enabled for the wired connection and on my desktop computer. Both of these have normal speeds.

I tried disabling it but it didn't make a difference.

 

Um.. Dude. Downloading from the web depends on the serverside also. Most server can't give you 500kbs of upload bandwidth to you (resident DSL/Cable usually get around 100kbs of actual upload speed). The reason why your torrent goes up that high is because it's supplied by multiple computers/servers with its own bandwidth, therefore the speed is a lot faster. If only 1 person seed for your torrent, you'll see that it will also be sluggish ^_^

Also, your file trasfer speed is fast because local port (wired) is rated 10/100/1000mbs but ur wireless card probably cap off at much lower speed.


There's nothing wrong with your router or wireless card so no need to worry about it.
~Cheers.

 

I know the speed is also dependent on the servers, but the speed testing servers always have fast speed, that's their job. If it was their fault, i wouldn't be getting 4000kbps with the wired connection. The thing is that I've fixed this in the meantime. I just use cablenut and applied a 5000/768 profile and the problem is solved! That's really weird though, b/c this problem only showed itself on wireless and I think both wired and wireless use the same registry settings for tcpip which cablenut tweaks. W/e, I'm happy now.