I just ran the Speakeasy Speed Test over a wireless connection and got these results:
- Download Speed: 291 kbps (36.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
- Upload Speed: 3662 kbps (457.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Yes, they look inverted and yes, downloading is quite painful. I'm looking for suggestions on what is happening here.
The wireless was added onto the router over a year ago and it has been running perfect up until about 2 months ago. Then downloading starting becoming painful / impossible. I'm in a suburb neighborhood in a house and there aren't too many other networks around: right now only 4 others are showing up with the Mac and their signals are really weak; mine is full-on strong. Using Network Stumbler on the PC shows up to 9 other APs with SNRs about 10 dB lower than the one I'm on.
Setup:
- TRENDnet TEW-637AP / A (H/W:V1.0R)
- Linksys BEFSR41 Cable /DSL Router
- MacBook OS X 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard) -- connected via 802.11n
- Dell Inspiron 2200 PC laptop -- connected via 802.11g
Today is the first time that the Mac and the PC have both been on the same network (I'm visiting the folks) and normally they just have the PC.
The Speed Test doesn't run from the PC.
From the MacBook:
- RSSI: -55
- Transmit Rate: 39 - 137 (values for the speed test above when the rate was 137; transmit was slightly lower at 39)
- Channel 11, behaves similarly on other channels as well
I tried AP Grapher on the Mac but it's not compatible with Snow Leopard right now.
Thoughts? Ideas on what to try next?