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[Jake11]

DIR-655: Firmware 1.33NA
Wireless Connections:
Laptop, Win7 64 Bit: Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN - Latest Drivers
Desktop, Win7 86: Hard wired 1Gbt
XBOX 360: 802.11n Adapter
ISP: Comcast with 22/5

I'm in dire need of help. I've been working on this for a week and cannot get to the bottom of my wireless connectivity issues. On my wired desktop, there are no issues.

Channel 2 @ forced 40 or 20/40 Channel width:

My laptop appears to be connected at 135-270 Mbps. I average about 5mb down and 5 mb up on any given internet speed test, give or take. My network transfers files about 24-32 Mbps. I experience serious lag in online gaming with the 360. My ping to the router itself is anywhere from 1ms-100ms with an averge time of 35ms.

Channel 2 @ forced 20mhz Channel Width:

My laptop appears to be connected at 65-130 Mbps. I average about 7mb down and 5 mb up on any given internet speed test, give or take. My network transfers files about 8-12 Mbps. I still experience serious lag in online gaming with the 360. My ping to the router itself is anywhere from 1ms-80 ms with again, an averge time of 35ms.

I have the above mentioned settings listed because those are what I found to be the most optimal settings. I have tried reconfiguring my entire network, updated all devices, and enumerated through just about every setting in the router in an attempt to get the speeds up, and I can not. The reception of the signal is fine on all wireless peripherals and Win7 even attempts to state that there is a high connection rate. Unfortunately I don't see but a fraction of the speeds I'd like to.

My only conclusion is that there is too much interference. There are between 5-9 different wireless networks that show up when I use the inSSIDer utility. Nearly all of them are on channel 6 with a mixture of n and g networks, and one is on 11. I am on channel 2. Three of those networks are screaming into my apartment and are just as strong as my signal, albeit on different channels. I would like to get a few opinions from others on this if they agree with my conclusion on this, or if changing the channels should have done the trick and maybe there is something else going on. I didn't think that the interference would be this bad. If necessary, I will have to shop for a dual band 2.4-5 Ghz router. Thoughts?

[JimMonz]

I see that your laptop is getting 135-270 Mps. So, to me it sounds like you have that setup correctly.

Your 5Mps up/dn on any speed test is bad, since you have 22/5. You should get at least 85% of your downstream speed to be configured correctly. Try www.speedguide.net TCPOptimizer.

Wired network transfer speed for hardwired gigabit connections you should get 100 Mps-400 Mps. I get 60-90 Mps wireless. I measure mine with BitMeter, search for it on the web, free.

Try not to force. Do not use 20 MHz width, use auto. I found that forced 20 MHz (my wireless card's default) would not let me connect at 300 Mps.

If "auto" everything doesn't work, you might be having interference with your neighbors routers. I notice my wireless mouse acts funny when I'm transferring file between laptop and desktop. All are at 2.4 GHz. 5Mhz "might" help if it is kinda open.

Being in an apartment you are going to have lots of interference from the neighbors. So, in this case it might be nice to be different (5GHz)

I hope this helps.

[Cobra]

Try www.speedguide.net TCPOptimizer.

Not needed on Windows 7 (or even Vista) as it is optimized for broadband.

[Jake11]

I see that your laptop is getting 135-270 Mps. So, to me it sounds like you have that setup correctly.

Your 5Mps up/dn on any speed test is bad, since you have 22/5. You should get at least 85% of your downstream speed to be configured correctly. Try www.speedguide.net TCPOptimizer.

Wired network transfer speed for hardwired gigabit connections you should get 100 Mps-400 Mps. I get 60-90 Mps wireless. I measure mine with BitMeter, search for it on the web, free.

Try not to force. Do not use 20 MHz width, use auto. I found that forced 20 MHz (my wireless card's default) would not let me connect at 300 Mps.

If "auto" everything doesn't work, you might be having interference with your neighbors routers. I notice my wireless mouse acts funny when I'm transferring file between laptop and desktop. All are at 2.4 GHz. 5Mhz "might" help if it is kinda open.

Being in an apartment you are going to have lots of interference from the neighbors. So, in this case it might be nice to be different (5GHz)

I hope this helps.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I have tried the auto options and the issue is the inconsistency that I get. One test may show great, the next five horrible. Win7 is optimized for broadband and there really isn't much I can do. Forcing my router to channel 2 at 20Mhz gives me the best consistency out of all the options but it's still slow. I ran inSSIDer again tonight and I picked up over 10 wireless networks, 6 of which were on channel 6, and 3 being on channel 11. I'm the only one on channel 2 and if that gets utilized I may end up changing my SSID to an offensive threat!

Seriously, I would love to get a router that is dual band for a test, just to see if the interference is the issue. I would think that it would not be so bad as to limit me to 20-40 Mbps in local network speed and 3-11 Mbps on internet download speed, especially since I'm the only one on channel 2. Making another ~$150 investment is rough and losing this router is another $100.