I have a Lenovo G560. When I run CNET DSL Speed Test I get 740 kbps on from my WiFi (bgn) on my Lenovo G560. When I run the same test on the same WiFi network, I get 1746 kbps using a Dell Latitude D610 I get 1746 kbps. How is this possible? Does the Latitude have a better antenna? Dell Wireless 1350 WLAM Mini PCI Card (Rev 4.5) and the Chipset it uses BCM 4306/BCM2050 The Lenovo has a better CPU and more RAM (forgot what, but know the Lenovo is newer and has more RAM and a faster CPU).

Users Manual:
http://download.lenovo.com/UserFiles/UserGuide/en/User%27s%20guides%20and%20manuals/G460-G560/G460&G560%20UserGuide%20V1.0%20EN%20147002899-1.1%20%2810.03.18%29_web.pdf

Maintenance manual:
http://download.lenovo.com/UserFiles/UserGuide/en/User%27s%20guides%20and%20manuals/G460-G560/Lenovo%20G560%20Hardware%20Maintenance%20Manual%20V2.0.pdf

There are so many reasons can cause a Lenovo G560 computer running slow than it used to, it is hard to identify just what might be dragging down your Lenovo's performance, let alone implement the necessary technical adjustments to fix it.

If you want to address the issues more easily, I'll recommend you try a Lenovo speed up software, available here: http://www.speeduplenovo.com/

Best regards!

If you are paying for a downlink speed of 384 Kbps you should be getting at lease around 300. First bypass your router - connect your cable/DSL ethernet line directly from the modem to your PC. Go to http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp run the speed test and see what your download speed is.

If it's less than 300 call your service provider & ask them to check out your line. If they say that you are getting 300 Kbps or more, you have a problem with the ethernet card in your PC. Replace it.

Of course, if your speed is OK when you bypass the router, you have a router problem. Contact the manufacturer or replace it.

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Best regards,
Yavacotech

Are you sure that the speed-test is reporting 2.5 Kbps? Could it be 2.5 Mbits/second?
Have you closed all other network-using applications (Limewire? Windows Update? Adobe Updater?)

Note that some DSL-providers have different levels of speed, for different monthly payments,
e.g., $20/month for 512Kbit/second, $40/month for 1.5Mbit/second, and $60/month for 2.5Mbit/second. Pay your ISP more per month to higher higher speeds.

Yes that is a problem with your router, if there's any firmware update for that router it will make the connection much faster....

It maybe the maximum spped that the site can offer you.....try downloading from differnt websites and chk the speed....or do the internet speed test...

Great! Glad spybot is there now - and even more that everything seems to be A-OK! Do you feel comfortable with using it, and did you set up the Tea Timer so you can control what happens with your registry?

No, I didn't see another post. Sorry. I did, however, send you some more information on our last one, with images. If you go back to that one, you will see that I had to post the images separately, it didn't come through properly the first time. But this should help us make sure your Internet connection is set up properly...

Just to give us a gauge, as I am in the US and not sure where you are, I went to the oz speed test and ran it as well. Choosing from the Australian list, using the (15MB) OptusNet mirror, I got:
245.01 secs
512 kbps line speed (0.51 Mbps)
64 KB/s download speed (0.06 MB/s)
Using one a little closer to home - MadRooster.com, in FL:
49.92 secs
2.51 Mbps (2511 kbps)
314 KB/s (0.31 MB/s)
Using the test provided by my ISP (the internet service provider - in my case the phone company) my typical download speed is 4.5 Mbps and upload speed of 450Kbps. Just as a frame of reference, what I pay for is 6.0Mbps down and 768 Kbps up...

I think based on these results, we can draw certain conclusions, regarding the cause(s) of speed variances, aside from the dial-up vs. DSL controversy:
- The speed or level of service that you are subscribed to receive (what you signed up for and are likely paying for).
- Speed is going to be limited to what the server you are connecting to can serve up. In other words, you can't get it faster than they can give it.
- Location of the server can definitely make a difference - for instance, when the server is in Australia (half the world away from me) my speed is dramatically decreased.
- Completely out of our control is the number of users and their activity levels when we are trying to download, upload, or test.

So, as to the question of whether your speeds are OK or not, my opinion is that they are on the "majorly" slow side. If you take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADSL, you will see that the standards for ADSL2 (which we don't have here yet) are 12.0 Mb/s down and either 1.0 or 3.5 Mb/s up. It could be just that the test was run from a server that had either severe limitations, or that it was quite far away, and the best test would probably be something available through the company providing your service. If you don't come close to the speeds you are supposed to achieve (and I am guessing you might have an issue there), then I would say the company you deal with needs to do something to correct the problem.

In regard to the first answer you were given on this particular question, (I went to your profile to look it up) I don't like to be critical of other experts, as everyone has their own opinions and experiences. However, in this case, I have to disagree with one thing, and that is that there IS a significant difference between dial-up and DSL. If one downloads at 5.4 Mbps, for example, as opposed to 54 kbps, the download speed would be exactly 1,024 times faster. This is a much bigger difference than 2 or 3, as was stated...

At any rate, I would say that you should check on what you are supposed to get, we'll keep working to make sure your settings are right (see the previous post), and we'll get you to the best we can! And with that, I am going to call it a night as it is past midnight here. Have a good day/night, and look forward to hearing from you again soon.

Thank you as always for using and rating FixYa!

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Download
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Upload
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Kbps
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Dear tancabardo.

DSL speed depends on your service provider service which u have subscribed. the basi service generally comes is 256 kbps the Download will be about 30 to 100 Kbps. best regards
rafique

sounds like your internet access is the slow down, not the router. You don't say if you have DSL or CABLE or what.  I'd check there. Make sure you are getting a strong signal.  Hook up one system directly, without the router and check the speed.