I have an ancient 802.11G DLink DI-524 serving faithfully for years. I've put off upgrade to N b/c too lazy to re enter all those MAC-IDs.
When I cat5 to it, speedtest says I get 5.6 Mbps download, .9 up (ISP says up to 6 Mbps down) so pretty happy with that. It's hardwired to DVD & TV so that's all good.
For several years on wireless (54 Mbps) my speedtest said 1.3 Mbps down, .3 up - I believe because of encryption, but acceptable.
This week on wireless (54 Mbps) it sucks, My speedtest says about .48 - .50 Mbps down, .3 up. Cat 5 still gets 5.6 Mbps / 0.9 Mbps.
What has happened? Since my Cat5 speed is OK, ISP is OK. Since my UP is OK, does that mean interference is ruled out, or are up & down done on different frequencies? If not interference, can I determine if it is hardware failure short of replacing it? I don't observe any difference by time of day and no new SSIDs turn up lately, so if it is interference I don't know what from. I did wonder if somebody in neighborhood got new hardware for Christmas.
Suggestions appreciated...
When I cat5 to it, speedtest says I get 5.6 Mbps download, .9 up (ISP says up to 6 Mbps down) so pretty happy with that. It's hardwired to DVD & TV so that's all good.
For several years on wireless (54 Mbps) my speedtest said 1.3 Mbps down, .3 up - I believe because of encryption, but acceptable.
This week on wireless (54 Mbps) it sucks, My speedtest says about .48 - .50 Mbps down, .3 up. Cat 5 still gets 5.6 Mbps / 0.9 Mbps.
What has happened? Since my Cat5 speed is OK, ISP is OK. Since my UP is OK, does that mean interference is ruled out, or are up & down done on different frequencies? If not interference, can I determine if it is hardware failure short of replacing it? I don't observe any difference by time of day and no new SSIDs turn up lately, so if it is interference I don't know what from. I did wonder if somebody in neighborhood got new hardware for Christmas.
Suggestions appreciated...