Hi everyone,

I have been trying to fix a slow connection problem I have for hours now and am nearly pulling my hair out.

I have a BT internet connection, a BT Home Hub, A Laptop, A 360 and a desktop PC.

My Xbox 360 connects at a very fast rate and is wired to the router, my laptop has speeds of approx 7mb (Asus G1) Wireless connection using internal WiFi card

My Desktop with a Edimax 7728in wireless card struggles to reach 2mb speed

The wireless card and the router are both N standard and I have been trying to tweak settlings on my PC for ages now and I just can't get the speed up, not only that but the speed is also not constant and frequently drops out, I couldn't even upload a vid to youtube yesterday as it was dropping out and had to transfer the vid to my laptop to upload it.

I built the PC myself and has as follows: -

-Intel dual core E5200
-3326mb ram (4gb but i understand my 32bit version of windows struggles with reading it?)
-Windows Vista 32bit
-Edimax 7728in Wireless PCI card

If anyone could help me I would be most grateful, thanks in advance.

Hello DjVJ

Welcome to PC Help Forum.

Would it not be feasible to hardwire the the desktop to the BT hub?

You would get a vastly improved speed if you did.

Thank you, never used a help forum before.

I did have the PC hardwired but I moved house and the router and PC are not close enough to run a cable really, would require a very long cable. It's not signal either before anyone suggests that, the signal is ranging from normal to good.

and even if I could run a cable to cure it I am at the point where I would really like to know why I can't fix it rather than giving up and using a cable

Thanks for the rapid response though

Have a read of this as an option perhaps.

How broadband over power lines (BPL) works: Internet through your electricity outlet

Hello DjVJ

Has the assistance provided at PC Help Forum assisted you in remedying your issue yet?

An update would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

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