Connection speed modem choice?

[slofox]

Just swapped from a wired modem to wireless.

Download speed is now more than double what it was.

Now they say that temporal contiguity does not necessarily imply causality so I am reluctant to assume that the speed hike is due to a different modem. I think it is perhaps because the web host is not in Auckland or Tauranga any more (as it used to be) but is now local - hosted by "the cloud" Hamilton.

So, question. Could a different modem make a difference to download speed? If so, how much? And same question for closer host.

I look forward to the flood of intelligent replies...

[bogan]

Yes, lots, and yes, lots.

[slofox]

Yes, lots, and yes, lots.

T'anx. Now I know.

[YellowDog]

'Yes lots, yes lots' was indeed the right answer. There are a lot of variables however wired is generally better than wireless OR so I thought

I get <2Mb/s download speed my home broadband, but if I share my mobile phone's service, I get >7Mb/s.

You need to compare like with like to be able to draw a reasonable comparison

[bogan]

'Yes lots, yes lots' was indeed the right answer. There are a lot of variables however wired is generally better than wireless OR so I thought

If you can get ADSL it is generally better. But much of the country cannot; my parents (rural) finally decided this internet thing might actually catch on, and went from dial up modem to T-stick and saw a decent speed increase, then figured in for a penny in for a pound; and got somebloke(TM) to put up someboxes(TM) and wireless internet bounced from somehill(TM) to their house.

[slofox]

OK.

Second question:

Whenever I turn off the computer or it goes to sleep, it loses the wireless connection. This is because it loses the correct password. I have to re-enter it every time - in the box tagged "security" somewhere in the wireless connections bit of the OS. Can't seem to have it save the proper password.

Any ideas?

[BuzzardNZ]

OK.

Second question:

Whenever I turn off the computer or it goes to sleep, it loses the wireless connection. This is because it loses the correct password. I have to re-enter it every time - in the box tagged "security" somewhere in the wireless connections bit of the OS. Can't seem to have it save the proper password.

Any ideas?

Don't turn it off!

[Gremlin]

There are a few more factors. Depending on location you can actually get wireless internet.

Assuming you kept your DSL plan, yes, just replacing the modem can improve things as modems have a finite life.

[Trade_nancy]

OK.

Second question:

Whenever I turn off the computer or it goes to sleep, it loses the wireless connection. This is because it loses the correct password. I have to re-enter it every time - in the box tagged "security" somewhere in the wireless connections bit of the OS. Can't seem to have it save the proper password.

Any ideas?

Suggest you need to meddle with your wireless connections - Windows 7?? or what? In Windows 7 - r. click on the wireless settings on bottom right corner of your screen; open Network and Sharing Centre; check option for your internet and choose connect and see if you can put a tick in the connect window - indicating - keeping the password permanent.

[slofox]

Suggest you need to meddle with your wireless connections - Windows 7?? or what? In Windows 7 - r. click on the wireless settings on bottom right corner of your screen; open Network and Sharing Centre; check option for your internet and choose connect and see if you can put a tick in the connect window - indicating - keeping the password permanent.

Vista is the OS...

The security tab is under "manage wireless networks". I can enter the correct password but I can see nothing to check to keep it...

[Trade_nancy]

Try following this:
http://portal.ictp.it/icts/howto/winvista7-secure.html

[R650R]

This is always a handy tool http://www.speedtest.net/



Yeah LAN cable should give faster than wireless. Used to be ok wireless here then too much noise/bandwidth competition and going hard wired boosted things back up.

[slofox]

This is always a handy tool

Yeah LAN cable should give faster than wireless. Used to be ok wireless here then too much noise/bandwidth competition and going hard wired boosted things back up.

That's how I found out about the extra speed

[sil3nt]

Chances are you had a very old modem that didn't support ADSL2+ so you would have been limited to about 8Mbps. New modem will be ADSL2+ allowing up to 24Mbps.

As for vista losing the wireless password? Means you really need to upgrade to 7!

[slofox]

Chances are you had a very old modem that didn't support ADSL2+ so you would have been limited to about 8Mbps. New modem will be ADSL2+ allowing up to 24Mbps.

As for vista losing the wireless password? Means you really need to upgrade to 7!

You would be correct. This 'un is indeed ADSL2+.

And yeah, I hate vista.

I have looked out various ways of changing the password in vista. They are all the same, advise exactly what I am doing anyway but it doesn't stay where it should - just reverts back to some already present password. Administrator status makes no difference.

I wonder if a previous owner (there was one) had a password already in there.