Is there a problem with my router or my wireless usb adapter?

I am experiencing major lag with my Gw client lately and I was wondering if anyone can help me. I was wondering if there was a problem with my adapter (it is brand new, so there is no physical damaged to it)

Here are specifications(or whatever):

• It is 'Belkin Wireless G USB Adapter'
• It's speed is G(whatever that means)
• 802.11g-54mbps
• It is a British Make btw but I doubt that would make a difference.

Is it slow to handle GW or is there a problem with my router?

My router is sky netgear wireless broadband rourter btw.

NOTE: MY MOZZILA FIREFOX/INTERNET EXPLORER CLIENT IS ALSO EXPERINCING LAG, IT DOES NOT LOSE CONNECTIVITY BUT IS SLOW.

And if it (adapter) is too slow to handle GW is it possible to speed it up?

Thanks for your time

Got a NetGear lan USB router 2 days ago, pluged it in and I observed that lag occurs or even DC's. The router itself has 2 firewalls and it slows the response time between the incoming connection from the modem and the outgoing conn to the PC's, so I just disabled one of the firewalls and that fixed the DC problem. Gonna disable the 2nd firewall also. You could check that and see if it helps.

Got a NetGear lan USB router 2 days ago, pluged it in and I observed that lag occurs or even DC's. The router itself has 2 firewalls and it slows the response time between the incoming connection from the modem and the outgoing conn to the PC's, so I just disabled one of the firewalls and that fixed the DC problem. Gonna disable the 2nd firewall also. You could check that and see if it helps.


sorry for the double post, accidentally double-clicked

How do you disable one of the firewall's?

If you edit one of your double posts, you will see there is an option to delete

@OP - me too. I had a netgear USB dongle and my router was right next to my PC. Lag was terribad. My solution (obviously far from ideal for most) was to give up on wireless and just bung in a network cable!

Flame me if you must, but in my opinion wireless networking just doesn't achieve what it's claimed to and just isn't worth the hassle.

Unfortantly my router is plugged into my telephone/network port and it is nowhere near my P.C so I really need to disable those firewalls or something else. So how do you disable the router firewalls?

Do you have the manual that came with it? It's usually just a matter of logging on to the router (via Firefox or IE) and then trawling through the usually awful menus therein.

The problem is, any script kiddy in your neighbourhood can break into your wireless network unless you really, really know what you're doing... and eat up all your bandwidth to download (leave that to your imagination), send out spam, spread viruses, break into NASA etc etc. Get ready for the feds knocking at your door. I'm joking of course. Or am I?

Just use wires - it's safer, faster and more reliable.

LOL I lost the manual, can u give me some sort of diectory to do it please.

hmm reset your router. what kind of modem do you have?

You can't really hack into a wireless netword if it's pass-protected.
Maybe you have a lot of usb devices connected and that's using up your usb bandwith (this is unlikely, but it is a possibility). If you think it might be that, get a tetrahub, it's supposed to speed up your USB or something, dunno how it works

thnx for all your help I got it working good now with no lag, you can close the thread now.

Should I laugh, or cry? If only it were so simple.

There are guys I know, who know so much about networks, they can practically walk on water. One in particular, was able to keep script kiddies out, but was unable to keep more knowledgable people off his home wireless network, unless he made daily configuration changes or resorted to illegal activities of his own. If this guy can't keep people out, then what chance for most of us mere mortals?

I also know of a surprising number of people who have piggybacked on their neighbours' wireless network in the past, or are still doing so even now.

The script kiddies only have it easy if the wireless access point's poorly configured or its gear doesn't support any decent security standards; the vast majority of the ones getting cracked are still using old WEP security, which was outdated years ago and today is essentially a non-issue for any knowledgeable intruder. Basically the RC4 encryption algorithm and its use in WEP have some design flaws that make it possible to guess the encryption key through analysis of a relatively small amount of encrypted data, so pretty much any wireless-enabled computer with the right software can break the security after listening to the WEP-"protected" traffic for a while.

Wireless networks using WPA or WPA2 are much harder to crack: WPA uses the same encryption algorithm as WEP, but has some extra stuff to work around its flaws, and WPA2 uses an entirely different encryption algorithm, which (AFAIK) hasn't been broken yet, at least in any way that would be a problem with wireless networks.

Maybe you should get some good equipment and properly set it up before you claim that wireless isn't worth it.

I recently got a Linksys WRT54G wireless G router and a laptop. Works like a charm. I can stream DivX videos from my computer (wired) to the laptop (wireless) with no hiccups. Guild Wars runs on the laptop with no additional lag whether I run it wired or wireless. (Not that I would actually play it on the laptop - it's only a cheapie with ATI x1270 graphics, so it only gets about 20 fps)

BTW - most routers can be accessed through a browser. Just put the IP address of the router into the browser address bar - usually it's 192.168.1.1, but you may want to check the manual. From there you can troll around until you find firewall settings, etc. Make sure you change the password from the default, and disable remote access.

BTW2 - to the OP - is the router wireless G or the older B?

I accessed the router through the main login page which is routerlogin.com or .net on a NETGEAR (also 192.168.1.1 for all routers) and went for advanced setup, then one of the settings was Disable xxx Firewall.