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Jan 10 2018 01:50pm
My desktop gets like 30 Mbps via wifi, whereas my laptop (when placed right next to my desktop) gets like 90 Mbps via wifi.

Might it be the wireless card I'm using? Or the drivers? Or the fact that the desktop is on the floor vs the laptop on the table above the floor? Or malware?

How might I test this issue to find the cause?
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Jan 10 2018 02:04pm
hardware if anything tbh.
interference shouldn't be the issue as there basically beside each other.
the router could also be prioritizing your laptop over the desktop which can be fixed via QoS.

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Jan 11 2018 03:30am
Honestly, my wireless card is just over 10 years old. I should probably just replace it and see if it fixes things.

Even when every other device in the house is off, it's slow, so priority shouldn't be an issue.
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Jan 11 2018 03:31am
10yrs old aka doesnt have 5ghz
aka one is using 2.4 ghz
one is using 5ghz
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Jan 11 2018 04:57am
just get usb wireless dongle...not that complicated
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Jan 11 2018 01:26pm
Quote (urbanshaft @ Jan 11 2018 04:31am)
10yrs old aka doesnt have 5ghz
aka one is using 2.4 ghz
one is using 5ghz

Didn't even think of that. Figured dual-band wifi had been around longer than that.

It's funny, none of this mattered up until a month ago because I had DSL internet and downloaded at 85 kb/s lol. Now that I have cable I've found the bottleneck I guess.

Quote (-=vasya=- @ Jan 11 2018 05:57am)
just get usb wireless dongle...not that complicated

Didn't know these existed lol. I'd probably rather just buy a card than use up more usb slots though. Less ugly, and my usbs seem to be failing one at a time lol :(
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Jan 12 2018 07:22am
Quote (Terps @ Jan 11 2018 07:26pm)
Didn't even think of that. Figured dual-band wifi had been around longer than that.

It's funny, none of this mattered up until a month ago because I had DSL internet and downloaded at 85 kb/s lol. Now that I have cable I've found the bottleneck I guess.


Didn't know these existed lol. I'd probably rather just buy a card than use up more usb slots though. Less ugly, and my usbs seem to be failing one at a time lol :(


You can also look into power over Ethernet adapters
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