In either case, a USB wireless adapter will match the speed of the other wireless devices. Ones with a 'blue bar' in the connector are USB 3.0 (you might not have these but could due to the year it was made) or if a 'whute bar' it is USB 2.0. The 5Ghz band is much less susceptible to Laptop shouldn't be needed to be opened if you do have USB ports. You'll have to change these and test.īy the way, interference is more of an issue on the 2.4Ghz SSID and it too can degrade performance. Also some use TKIP and not AES or just WPA, not WPA2. Easy to check, set it to NONE and test to see if there is a speed increase. If you really do have an OLD Adapter though, it could be the Security you have set, some devices work better with the lower levels of Security on the signal. Note that 5Ghz will provide a stronger signal at distance (quite a bit away from the router, in some cases however as low as 50Ft) that the 2.4Ghz but that 2.4Ghz signal will go further. You are connecting the Laptop on the 2.4Ghz SSID and the others on the 5Ghz SSID, either should provide the same top speed. Same speeds and the other wireless devices. Any ideas on settings I can change and why this would be your Laptop has a speed rating on the adapter of a/g/n, it should have no problems getting down 100Mbps. 40mbps download on my laptop vs 114 mbps download on my phone and my iPad. I noticed the speed on my laptop using wi-fi is signifigantly slower than on my phone and my iPad.

I'm having an issue with my laptop and using the A7 router.

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