Help with wireless speeds?

[T.G]

Could be any number of things:

-Wireless distance and interferance lowering your speed (move computer closer, see if speed improves, turn off anything that might be generating EMI)
-Speed setting has been set to a lower rate on the router (check the firmware settings via the web interface)
-Speed setting on the card in your computer has been set to a lower rate (check the card speed settings via the control pannel, the systray icon in the lower right corner of the screen if present, or card software)
-Your computer is using an 802.11b card - which maxes out at 11Mbps. (upgrade the card)
-Card in the computer has been set to operate on 802.11b (check card settings per speed setting above)
-The router has been set to broadcast 802.11b only (check firmware settings via web interface)
-The moon is blue, it's Tuesday, and it's raining in Chicago, so sacrifice a rubber chicken over the computer while dancing the polka and singing the Ren & Stimpy "Happy Happy Joy Joy" lyrics to the beat of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

[rack04]

Originally Posted by T.G

-Wireless distance and interferance lowering your speed (move computer closer, see if speed improves, turn off anything that might be generating EMI)

Even with my laptop sitting 1 ft from the wireless router I still get the same speeds. We just moved into this house and only the essentials are unpacked, i.e. tv and computers.

Originally Posted by T.G

-Speed setting has been set to a lower rate on the router (check the firmware settings via the web interface)

The Linksys WRT54G is running dd-wrt firmware. Any idea where to look in the GUI?

Originally Posted by T.G

-Speed setting on the card in your computer has been set to a lower rate (check the card speed settings via the control pannel, the systray icon in the lower right corner of the screen if present, or card software)

I'm using the built in wireless adapter on my Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP and built in wireless adapter on my Dell Latitude D830. Since both of these are experiencing the same slow wireless speeds it makes me think something in the router settings is limiting the speed.

Originally Posted by T.G

-Your computer is using an 802.11b card - which maxes out at 11Mbps. (upgrade the card)

The wireless adapter in my PC is Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB2.0

Originally Posted by T.G

-The router has been set to broadcast 802.11b only (check firmware settings via web interface)

In the GUI of the router the broadcast is set to mixed.

[Starz26]

Originally Posted by rack04

In the GUI of the router the broadcast is set to mixed.

Change that to g only and see if that helps

[rack04]

Originally Posted by T.G

Haven't used dd-wrt in years, looking through their docs now...

ran across this interesting tidbit:
"Afterburner will only improve speeds when used with clients that also have the Speedbooster/Afterburner feature; use with "normal" 802.11g clients will actually lower performance."
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Afterburner

Afterburner is set to disabled

Originally Posted by Starz26

Change that to g only and see if that helps

Still the same slow speeds using g only.

[Fishbeadtwo]

" sacrifice a rubber chicken over the computer while dancing the polka and singing the Ren & Stimpy "Happy Happy Joy Joy" lyrics to the beat of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. " Oh, please make sure to get pics ok?