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by dmlover76 - 7/1/07 9:42 AM
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Slow Internet - wireless

by dmlover76 - 7/1/07 9:42 AM

My internet is so slow affecting both FireFox and IE, and I have no idea why. I have Windows XP, and my Dell computer, which is 3 yrs old is has about 52% disk space free. I have done the following things to solve the problem to no avail:

1) Signal is excellent; unplugged Netgear wireless adapter several times
2) Ran Norton antivirus - no problems
3) Ran Spyware Doctor - no problems
4) Cleaned cache file, cookies, temp internet files (but Firefox does that for you automatically)
5) Checked if firewall is on; it is, so no one is trying to use my signal.
6) Defragmented my computer; it's fine
7) I have 512 RAM, so it's not a memory issue
8) Overall, computer is fine, but internet connection is slow.

Any idea what the problem could be?

Post 2 of 4

Try these settings.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/1/07 11:20 AM In reply to: Slow Internet - wireless by dmlover76

1. Enable SSID broadcast.
2. Use WPA-PSK.
3. All other features as factory settings (no mac filtering, etc.)

Why? Read http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=242736&messageID=2457489

Bob

Post 3 of 4

please elaborate

by dmlover76 - 7/1/07 1:41 PM In reply to: Try these settings. by R. Proffitt Moderator

I'm no computer techie so I have no idea what that means. Can you elaborate or be more specific? Thank you for your help!

Post 4 of 4

Sorry.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/1/07 5:50 PM In reply to: please elaborate by dmlover76

To elaborate I think you want me to tell you which page of the router manual to look at. To do that please give me a link to your router's manual. I see you didn't tell the make and model so that would be nice to know.

Bob

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