The Little Guy Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Is there some sort of internet booster card or something you can get for your computer??? my friend got a new laptop, and it downloaded things at ~ 1MB/second, and his brothers doesn't get that high of speeds, and they were using the same network... How did this happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 How strong is his wireless connection? Also, were they using the connection at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 I have no Idea what the strength is, and no, two separate times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Could be several things: 1) Newer hardware 2) Better driver 3) compatibility with the router 4) general computer performance (believe it or not... if your computer is junked up and running a bunch of stuff, it can slow down load times and storage of downloaded files) There is no magic booster card that would do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 So... would a good lan card speed things up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 .... if it had a better driver/hardware than a crappy one... yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Well, surely that would depend on where the bottleneck lies? I mean, if the problem is actually with the internet connection, then a new network card wouldn't have any effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 were they both downloading the same thing from the same place? If not some servers won't give more than x download speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 There really is no magic wand to wave. There are a hundred things that could affect performance one way or the other, all going on at the same time. Most of them you have no control over at all. Even if you got the very best of the best on your end, you could still be puttering at a snail's pace. Sometimes all the stars line up and you're like speedy gonzalez sometimes you're a sloth. Most the time it's some happy medium in-between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 were they both downloading the same thing from the same place? If not some servers won't give more than x download speed. They were both using limewire. The fast one used this: Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN OR This: Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN and Bluetooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 That might be the reason. They might not both have gotten as many good peers. Try a bandwidth test like http://speedtest.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 their off to college now, but the faster one had an average top download speed of 900 - 1,000kps and the slower one had an average top download speed of 100 - 200kps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 their off to college now, but the faster one had an average top download speed of 900 - 1,000kps and the slower one had an average top download speed of 100 - 200kps They we're probably downloading from a completely different set of peers, I doubt the hardware is at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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