| Maple Ridge node saturation I have been thinking of switching to Shaw in Maple Ridge. But before I do that I was wondering if anyone has been experiencing any problems with slow speeds in the area. |
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| I've been experiencing really slow speeds (of up to 2.53-3.00) on LAN. Wireless is fine. Even then, wireless is slow. I'm getting fed up and want to call Shaw because this is ridiculous. 203rd area btw. |
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| reply to freedomfries
Yes! I have been. 203rd area btw. 20 High Speed |
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| reply to Tech121212
You are getting full speed from you internet connection using wireless? But not wired?
Need to look at your wired stuff... Drivers, cables, ect.
-Posted from my phone. |
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| I've done that...and no improvement. |
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| reply to freedomfries
How can it possibly be shaw's fault if your wireless speed is faster than your wired speeds.
Logic fail? |
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| reply to freedomfries
Because I've troubleshooted all I can, how could it not possibly be their fault. |
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| Either you're not connecting to YOUR wireless AP, or your wired network card seems to be pooched. Have you tried with another computer to see if it gets the same results, wired in? |
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| Indeed, that is a possibility.
www.ipchicken.com on both wireless and wired, they should match.
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Viper359Premium
join:2006-09-17
Scarborough, ON | reply to Tech121212
Just because you have troubleshooted all you can, doesn't mean its shaw's fault.
If you get faster wireless speeds than wired, you have either pooched your settings, have a pooched network card, or something else. |
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| reply to AnonShawUser
I'm definately connected to my wireless network. Every computer in my house gets the same connection when wired, same results Wifi, and all my computers in my house aren't screwed that's for sure. |
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| reply to kevinds
They do. What if they didnt? |
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| reply to Tech121212
said by Tech121212:Because I've troubleshooted all I can, how could it not possibly be their fault.
Because it's basically impossible for anything that could conceivably be their fault to be causing the issues you described.
You either have a modem that is failing in a very bizarre way (assuming you're using one of Shaw's modem/wifi gateway units) or much more likely, there is something wonky in your setup causing your problems.
How is your wired network set up?
When you do the wired tests are you going straight to the modem?
How are you testing?
How slow is slow?
Someone else mentioned they suspected you were connecting to a different AP. If the addresses didn't match, that would be a clear indication that you were. |
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2 edits | reply to Tech121212
Few things that makes this story a PEBKAC.
A) He blames ISP for wireless full speed, wired slow speed. Anyone with decent networking knowledge knows it's not the ISP's fault.
B) He says 2.53-3.00 speeds. He never mentions Mb/s or MB/s. Posting a screenshot of the wired speedtest and wireless speedtest would be better.
C) Doesn't know about why the WAN IP (at ipchicken) should match for wired and wireless devices.
That being said. If the screenshots of speedtest show a difference, then it's highly likely that either you:
1) Screwed up the network settings on your wired devices, like turning off full-duplex or added some ridiculous firewall that's throttling your wired computer.
2) Your wired computer is so old it has trouble running flash speed tests.
3) Your comparing speeds of wired download speeds from an application that's not a real indication of a speedtest (like downloading windows updates, updating a program from website) vs a real speedtest on your wireless device.
4) Your router is screwed up. Either through settings or a legitimate hardware failure.
5) He runs a speedtest from his browser on his wired computer, and it shows the speed in MB/s. He runs a speedtest on some app on his wireless device, and it shows the speed in Mb/s. My money is on this.
Like a said. Easiest way to first verify this issue is post screenshots of both wired and wireless speeds. |
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| No, I'm not using any other programs to measure my download speed. This test is using speed test.
Wired
»www.speedtest.net/result/2527240686.png
Wireless
»www.speedtest.net/result/2527250232.png
I don't screw around with ''full-duplex''
My computer is less than a year old
I don't have any applications running that tell me my actual speeds.
I never play around with settings in my router, I've looked, but never touched. |
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| How are you connected to the modem? Do you have your own router or switch, or straight into the modem?
I find it hard to believe that you had more than 1 cable go bad at once but you never know. Has Shaw tried swapping modems? The switch on the back of the modem may have gone bad. |
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| Connected to the modem using a cat5 cable. Using Shaw's Gateway if that helps. Shaw did swap modems. It just got shipped out a month ago, don't think it would. |
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| So you have the same problem to more than one speedtest server? When you're downloading from a fast website its slow also?
What are the specs of the PC's having problems? |
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| Yes I do, even if it's relatively fast.
Desktop specs:
Compaq Presario SR5413WM
Processor: AMD Athlon LE-1640
RAM: 4.00 GB
HDD: 1 TB Hard drive
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
Sound: Realtek HD Audio |
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| For humor, can you scan the slow computers, with MalwareBytes on a full scan?
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Yes, I am not employed and looking for IT work. Have passport, will travel. |
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