Laptop wireless slow

[mattm616]

I have a Toshiba Satellite a665-s6086 laptop and for the past few weeks it has been really slow (confirmed through speedtest). When I disable the internal wireless and plug in a USB adapter (Netopia ter/gusb2-n) it is a lot faster. Speedtest (Comcast) shows download speed of .89 with the internal and 14.89 with the USB stick. What could be the matter?

 

[dextermat]

Hi,

When it comes down to wireless, it could be the router has wireless problems, could be a faulty adapter.
You could also be getting interference because the area you are in is saturated.

Do you have other wireless device around, do they work ok ?

 

[mattm616]

Yes, they do. At first I thought it was the router, but it is not. As I said, when the USB Wireless adapter is plugged into the laptop, everything works good. Then I remove it, connect with the internal wireless and it is slow. Refer to the first post for speed differences.