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Julian:

--- Quote from: Dusty Van on July 08, 2015, 08:06:34 am ---Thanks for the reply. 1st, signal strength is 76%. Full report attached, other hosts edited out. Something I found this morning. In device manager, when I first installed the AE2500 there were 2 entries under network adapters:
Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
Linksys AE2500.
Then this morning these appeared:
Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
TAP-Win32 Adapter V9
These last 2 could have been there for up to 3 days, I don't know. Could this be a source of conflicts?

The router is a Linksys Wireless-N150 Router so I got the Linksys USB adapter figuring I'd most likely avoid hardware conflicts using the same brand. As for the firmware update, I don't have access to the router, who ever set this up changed the IP address to keep idiots (like me. lol) out. The owner doesn't have even a clue what a router is.

Shane mentioned the Windows 7 driver. I did the initial install using the Linksys disk. I'd be willing to try the windows driver but where do I find/install that one?

What saith thee all ye of great knowledge?   

--- End quote ---
Just letting you know The post I made earlier had a link to your driver from the manufacture website and it was for the usb network device you describe in your original post. :smiley:

Julian:
This one double posted sorry...

Dusty Van:
>>This one double posted sorry...

Oh, good! I figured it was my eyes going wonky after working on this Junk (read crap) for the last 48 hours. BTW I downloaded the driver from that link and when I try to update I just get a message that the driver is up to date. I considered removing and installing fresh but I'll wait to find more about the windows 7 driver.
Tnx for the reply(s) <wink>
Dusty

Boggin:
There's some quite strong competing signal strengths there.

It's best to post all of the SSIDs to see who is using what.

Is your SSID listed as Singer 308 going by the 76% signal strength you said you are getting ?

I'm not into USB adapters, but does it have it's own channel setting so that you could change to channel 11 ?

Unless you are using a VPN, you don't need the MS Virtual Miniport Adapters and yes, they can cause problems.

Run a command prompt as an admin and enter-

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow

exit

and reboot.

If you ever want to switch them back on to use a VPN, just change disallow to allow.

Redo a speed test after making the suggested changes.

The Intel Gigabit is your Ethernet adapter.

That TAP-Win32 Adapter is something to do with VPN as well and may well have been installed along with the USB Adapter drivers, although Julian may know more about those adapters.

You could try right clicking on them and select Disable to see if that has any effect.

Dusty Van:
Ran command you specified with virtually no changes in speed.

Yes the router in use is singer308. I don't have access to any of the others. I can't play with the router. whoever set it up changed the IP to keep the idiots (like me <grin>) out. The VPN I use seldom is PIA. I'll delete all of those VPN adapters. They'll reinstall if I ever light up PIA again.

Just on a whim, I installed Chrome but had the same speed issues. I think my next move will be to replace the router with my own that's been in storage just to compare notes. Mine is closer to the top of the line Linksys E series than the one here, who knows. The thing that bothers ne the most is with the same router my iPad 3 gets 15mbs vs the 2.5mbs I get with my PC.

I have no clue (obviously) but I was getting DNS errors so I did a DNS flush. Then MS diags said the default gateway was missing but MS Fixit solved that (I assume)
Tnx,
Dusty

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