Problem with wireless network

[BEK-46P]

If anyone can help...

I got a MacBook Pro on a wireless network. When browsing on the net, the signal is pretty weak, maybe 35% and keeps cutting out. However, if I'm downloading something on Limewire or torrent, I'm downloading @ 165kbs.

Is this a bit strange?

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[Rusk]

In my experiences not rly mine cuts out heaps when browsing but downloading or on xbox live it fine not rly sure why it happens

[Kudrow]

Try a firmware upgrade on your modem/router.

[poita]

nah completely normal

remember that wifi works in a radius from the transmitter (router)

so down until 20% signal u will get same speeds as 100%
conditions and environment depending, is not the same in all cases
too many variables, but is a good indication

[BEK-46P]

So theoretically, unless the signal drops below 20%, the actual download speed is the same?

[poita]

yep

[BEK-46P]

Another problem is my PS3, it has major issues trying to connect to the wireless network. I use my MacBook in the same room as the PS3 so I'm assuming the signal strength should be the same (around 35%), yet it can never seem to maintain a decent connection...

[poita]

PS3 only uses wireless G
where as your macbook uses wireless N (im pretty sure)

N is a lot stronger transmitter/receiver than G

wifi goes in order, A,B,G,N

heres som info, might help
or just completely confuse you

Wireless A, first introduced in October of 1999, was the first wireless model available to the public. It had a maximum bit rate of 54 Mbit/s and could only go 100 feet before the signal was lost.

Also released in 1999 was Wireless B. This had a really slow bit rate at a maximum of 11 Mbit/s, but what you lost in speed you gained with distance and you could go about 150 feet.

After that came Wireless G. Like Wireless A, it had a maximum bit rate of 54 Mbit/s, but you could also get the distance of Wireless B’s 150 feet. Most modern (as of this writing) wireless households have Wireless G; it’s currently the most common type of wireless router throughout the world.

Wireless N is the relatively new kid on the block. This is next gen wireless and has a maximum bit rate of 74 Mbit/s and can go about 230 feet. It’s also said that Wireless N travels at a higher frequency and can go through solid objects faster. Instead of running on a 2.4 GHz network like Wireless A, B, and G, it travels on a 5 GHz network

[Manda88]

try boosting your wireless output?? i know d-link modems/routers have a wireless strength bar to adjust just crank it up

[BEK-46P]

So is an N-router backwards compatible (to work with G, the PS3)?