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Slow DownLoad after reformatting

Anything's possible, but a very common cause of this problem is Windows setting a too-small RWIN TCP/IP parameter if you're using XP. The Tweak Test and DrTCP tool on the Tools page will help you. »/tools Go big with the RWIN value.

If you're running Vista or Win7, it's a different ballgame.

reply to dairyboy
According to the Tweak test the RWIN is in range. I ran the Test while connected wired.

However if I run it wirelessly It time out and fails after about 30 seconds.

However Windows tells me I'm connected. It says our speed is 1Mbps it also has sent and received packets.

We have no Virus scanner installed on the Laptop.

So esentialy we have wired Internet access but no wireless. I'm writing this on a different Wireless Laptop and it has no problem connecting wirelessly

Remember also the one we are having problems with is a fresh Reformat and previously had no problems connecting wireless either.

Brian

reply to dairyboy
According to the Tweak test the RWIN is in range. I ran the Test while connected wired.

However if I run it wirelessly It time out and fails after about 30 seconds.

However Windows tells me I'm connected. It says our speed is 1Mbps it also has sent and received packets.

We have no Virus scanner installed on the Laptop.

So esentialy we have wired Internet access but no wireless. I'm writing this on a different Wireless Laptop and it has no problem connecting wirelessly

Remember also the one we are having problems with is a fresh Reformat and previously had no problems connecting wireless either.

Brian

1mbps is the connect rate, which is awful. You should be connecting at 54mbps or nearly that. Actual throughput is a different beast, but the low connect rate is a clue that something basic is borked.

Try changing channels on the router and double-check that driver.

Look at the adapter properties and make sure no power-saving features are enabled.

The RWIN setting is adapter-specific, so your test via the wired connection doesn't tell you anything. I realize you can't connect wirelessly yet, but revisit this later once we clear up the initial issue.

This is a good time to ask some basic questions: make/model of your router, make/model of the laptop, the adapter chipset.

I'm also going to move this to the Wireless Networking forum as it's not related to Verizon.

Ok Very Good.

The Modem is a wirespeed standard Verizon issue.
The router is a Linksys BEFW11S4 v.2
Laptop is an HP Pavilion ZV6000
Adapter is a Broadcom 802.11b+g

Not seeing anything in the router about changing the Channels

Ok Looking at the Broadcom properties and I see something that looks suspect. There are no powersaves turned on though

In the Advanced tab there are a couple listing for IBSS one is IBSS 54g Mode and it is set to 802.11b only there is an option for auto seems like that might be a better option.

There is also a IBSS channel number it is set at 11

Any of this possible?

Brian

I did just try to change the one setting to auto and I see that it is listing a speed of 5.5 Mbps now but still not getting any websites to pop up. Granted it has not time out either and has been trying to load them for about 90 seconds now.

reply to dairyboy
The channel is set in the router. The laptop will find the right channel, based on the network name you plug in. Setting the channel at the laptop end is only done for ad-hoc (laptop-to-laptop connections).

The BEFW11S4 is 802.11B only, so you won't see the speeds I alluded to earlier. Sorry about the bad assumption on that. Seeing Windows report the "connect speed" as 5mbps isn't unusual.

Please post the output of ipconfig /all
That will tell us something about the network connectivity.

Hum Yes I guess that makes sense on the B thing

Anywho here is the Ipconfig

Windows IP Cofiguration

Host Name Jennifer
Primary Dns suffix
Node Type Unknown
IP Rounting Enabled No
WINS Proxy Enabled No

Ethernet Adapter Local Area connection

Media State Media Disconnected
Description Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physicla Address 00-0f-b0-46-7c

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network connection

Connection specific DNS Suffix
Description Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address 00-14-a5-27-3d-2a
DHCP Enabled Yes
Autoconfinguration Enabled YES
IP Addy 192.168.1.103
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server 192.168.1.1
DNS servers 68.237.161.12
71.242.0.12
Lease Obtained thursday 2/25/2010
Lease Expires friday 5/26/2010

Hope all this points to something. Most of it makes sense to me.

The ipconfig looks good. You're getting a valid IP address, DNS information and proper gateway.

At least we can rule that out.

One more thing to try - Can you ping sites by IP or by name?

From a command prompt: ping dslreports.com
Then: ping 209.123.109.175

Also try a tracert to dslreports.

Ok here are the results

Sent 4 received 4 for DSL reports

Bytes were 32 Time was 47ms, 42ms 41ms 45ms
TTL=51

Ok when pinging the IP addy the first 3 Timed out the 4th connected time 109ms TTL=51

Ok and how do I do a tracert?

From a command prompt.

tracert www.dslreports.com (or some other site)

Here's some more information on what this is and what it can tell us:
»support.microsoft.com/kb/162326

Ok Never head of it before. From the word though I had an ides of what it would do.

Most of the times were in the 30-45ms range there was one that was 113ms.

Looks like a total of 14 hops.

Is there anything specific I should be looking for in there? or do you need me to type all that in too?

Brian

You don't need to re-type, just cut & paste. If it completed the journey successfully, though, that tells us that things are pretty much working as expected.

Except they aren't. I can't figure out why you're not getting out to the Internet from a browser. Have you checked the browser settings? Tried another browser?

I'm using the other laptop to report on here. so Cut and paste is not an option. there is no wire in the living room to plug the HP laptop into.

and IE and Firefox both are slow. No difference between the 2.

OK, you're moved to Wireless Networking now. Hopefully, you'll get some more helpful replies. I'm running out of brilliantly ineffective ideas.

Ok very good I appricate your help. If all else fail I'll reformat the computer again