[triathleterob]

My pc is currently upstairs and connected to the internet via a siemens router 587 but not wifi.

The phone socket upstairs is an extension from the master socket downstairs and I also have a long lead from the upstairs BT socket to router.

If I moved the router downstairs and connected to the master BT socket and went wifi, would I get better connection speeds?

Tiscali are suggesting I might.
I'm lucky if I get 1 Mb sometimes!

I hope that makes sense!

Rob

[Rik]

I would agree with Tiscali. :)

[rbscooby]

i found when i switched from the single broadband modem to my current router, speed increased almost doubling i feel, as the response time is much much quicker.

if you have no reason to go to wifi, then you dont have too, as if you can connect wired wherever possible, its a bit more inconvient, but that also helps with internet.
(as i find if someone is connected by a network cable and i am wifi, then the person connected with wifi has more priority on getting infomation, i.e. watching a video)

although i would say if u wanted wifi just so didnt have to run your bt extension lead or a network cable, i would say go for it, as now days almost all our technolegy uses wifi, so if you got the option do it, unless you do somethink very very heavy on using the network, as i find my router tends to overheat, i.e. ps3 playing online, with my computer on (though i seem to have sorted the problem by bridging the network connection from my computer to the ps3, and letting the ps3 have internet through my ps3)

sorry if i was abit long winded, but thts the pros and cons i have had.

[everydaygeek]

The poster is using telephone line networking with is always slow at it's best. To get a good speed you need to use ethernet or wifi to get a good signal. The hardwired eithernet will be the fastest, followed by the wifi with the telephone line networking comming in last.