View Full Version : How to know what wireless speed my computer is capable of?
beefcake
06-13-2010, 07:34 PM
My newer laptob is about 12k, roadrunner says my turbo i just upgraded to is up to 15.
the laptop my wife is using at speedtest.net said it was only about 4k
i'm trying to see if thats all it can do, or if maybe i'm bogged down with some stuff on it
how do i figure out potential speed
Waffles
06-13-2010, 07:50 PM
802.11b is 11Mbs, that's the slowest WiFi standard used. Next up is 802.11g which scales up to 54Mbs. There are always issues of overhead and signal strength causing speed issues, but those are the standards.
If you're doing an online speed text, there are TONS of factors. If you've got other things running, or how heavy the usage is between you and that specific server. Those speed test sites are interesting, but by no means a measure of how reliable your connection is.
Mista Bone
06-13-2010, 08:39 PM
speedtest to the local server, no torrents running in the background.
Then also try the Chicago server, it gives a higher burst.
He is mine to Cincy, I've not upgraded to the turbo either, it is normally about 11 Mb/s
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846403336.png
This is off the Chicago server
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846404407.png
Mind you I'm also uploading torrents so that is effecting my upspeed
beefcake
06-13-2010, 08:49 PM
speedtest to the local server, no torrents running in the background.
Then also try the Chicago server, it gives a higher burst.
He is mine to Cincy, I've not upgraded to the turbo either, it is normally about 11 Mb/s
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846403336.png
This is off the Chicago server
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846404407.png
Mind you I'm also uploading torrents so that is effecting my upspeed
man, and you don't have turbo?
my hardwired desktop is at 8mb at speedtest, my laptop is 11, my wifes is 4
and that is with the turbo
reg roadrunner is only supposed to be 7, how are you getting 16
Roush GT
06-13-2010, 08:53 PM
hmm here's mine
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846410552.png
Black Horse
06-14-2010, 12:07 AM
Here is a good diagnostic tool - usually for voice-over-internet debug, but works well for just seeing what you have:
http://myspeed.visualware.com/voip/
Mista Bone
06-14-2010, 03:44 AM
man, and you don't have turbo?
my hardwired desktop is at 8mb at speedtest, my laptop is 11, my wifes is 4
and that is with the turbo
reg roadrunner is only supposed to be 7, how are you getting 16
Without power boost kicking in, I run right at 7, the 11 is normal with boost, the 16 even wowed me.
My only reason I'd ever go turbo is if the would increase the upload speed, but they don't. You are still capped at .5 upload. That limits my sharing of torrents. Trying to maintain a 1.11:1 ratio is not easy. With mom gone last week I would run open pipe while I wasn't surfing.
The above tests where from my laptop, these are from my desktop without any torrents running
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846619071.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/846619898.png
Maybe I got free upgrade????? I'll test with torrents downloads in a few hours.
Yes, I'm the bandwidth whore TWC hates.
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