Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 I'm having major connection issues at the moment.I have three devices that connect wirelessly to my (Sky) router. My work laptop, my desktop computer and my mobile phone.Both my laptop and phone get speeds of close to 2Mbps (checked using Speedtest.net), however my desktop computer will never get more than about 0.3Mbps. Why? It's absolutely doing my head in. There's nothing bandwith-intense running in the background or anything like that.Is it possible my wireless connector thing is ballsed? Is there likely to be some kind of malware/virus running in the background that's affecting the speed? I have recently run Malwarebytes and Spybot S&D, and AVG runs a scan every day - none have found anything of note.Your help is much appreciated. Watching 'YouTube videos' has become a major issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Definitely sounds like an issue with your wireless rather than your PC. How old is your wireless adaptor for your desktop? Have you tried swtiching the channel your wireless is on or does the sky hub auto check for the best channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Definitely sounds like an issue with your wireless rather than your PC. How old is your wireless adaptor for your desktop? Have you tried swtiching the channel your wireless is on or does the sky hub auto check for the best channel?Adaptor is about a year old, as is the PC.I don't know what you mean about switching the channel... how would I go about checking that? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Hmmm you will have to access your router through your computer or wireless, there should be a menu you can access and change the channel, i had a similar problem a few years ago with my laptop always getting slow speeds, changing the channel sorted it out. This page seems to give instructions, hopefully it helps.http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/view-routerstats.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 You could try using a hard wired link between the PC and the router to see if the connection improves. Just to see if it's the wireless card or the actual PC. Just a thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 There's a guide to Sky router settings here:http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/view-router.htmlTry plugging an ethernet cable between your PC and the router. If your speed improves then that confirms it's a wireless issue. Changing the channel would be a good first course of action to try and improve things. If it's set to channel 1 and you're in a built up area (like a block of flats) then you could be competing with a lot of traffic on that channel.http://www.sky.com/helpcentre/broadband/broadband-speeds/connection-drops-change-wireless-channel/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Changing the channel worked a charm. Much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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