i was messing around with my computer today and i went into the task manager under networking and i noticed that my main network connection was only using 1% is there any way that i could make it so that i use more??? or possibly just an explanation on what that is cause im not one for networking...

I know there's an opensource program that lets you enable hidden settings in your router and it received excellent reviews. I remember reading about it on MaximumPC but can't remember the exact name now, it was called tomato something.

I'll have to check re-read some magazines to be sure.

Your wireless connection is greater than the speed between your modem and your ISP.

Evil i looked up the tomato thing and all i found was "tomato firmware" is that what you were talking about? because if it is i checked it out and my computer isnt connected to the router its on the first floor of my house (about 75' away from my computer) would it be better to just get a solid Ethernet connection (my ISP is Verizon high speed ) the highest speed i have gotten on wireless is 54MBps yea the download speeds for anything is only a mere 54KBps...have i mentioned i hate dealing with networking? lol

54mb/s is the speed between your computer and your router. The speeds you get from your isp may well be 54kb if you're on a very cheap package.

You are confusing your router/computer connection with your ISP/router connection. Go to http://www.speedtest.net and compare the speeds you get from that with those advertised by your isp to see if theres a problem.

Yup, I use that site to check mine - here's my results for comparison. I'm on Orange 8Mb but it's always averaged about 4.5Mb.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/340045382.png

Good luck in sorting out the network

Meats_Of_Evil said:


yeah it's an aftermarket firmware called Tomato, it's for WRT54G/L etc type models.

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/340734305.png[/IMG][/URL]
i used the website your told me about and the download arrow thing was 737KB/s and the upload speed is 130KB/s

I'd have to guess that's a 1meg broadband package?

EDIT:

just hit your Portland server from the UK:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/340897037.png

You must have something on your pc or router badly configured to attain those speeds, you can go to dslreports.com and test yoru speed and follow suggestions ion what to fix.

The programs to modify the router range, features speed etc. is called Tomato and the other one DD-WRT, Maximum PC did a deathmatch between the 2 and DD-WRT came out the slightly winner. You should check both of them out, akthough I think you'd need to have the pc connected to the router via USB or Ethernet.