Hi,

As somebody who doesn't claim to be an expert at all this computery
stuff, could somebody please explain to me:

I have a BT 2mb account, having worked my way up from dialup, through
512k and 1mb. I have a Belkin wireless router servicing 3 PCs, all
running XP SP2.

When you hold your cursor over the little 'double green-screen' icon in
the taskbar (the one that flashes when you are sending/receiving data)
it says 'Speed:' and then the speed. When I upgraded from 512k to 1mb,
it changed from 512 to 100.0. :-) However, when it changed from 1mb to
2mb, the value didn't change. :-( I contacted BT who did a little
download test, and they confirmed that I was running at 2mb. So why
hasn't the icon changed?

Any non-technical answer would be gratefully received.

<jesoakley@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Just check one possible reason / red herring,
when you "hover" over it , does it say
"Internet Connection" or "Local Area Connection x" ??

100.0Mbps ?
That would be your connection speed between you and the router, not the
speed of your net connection.

jesoakley@yahoo.co.uk declared for all the world to hear...
That speed is telling you the speed of the LAN between your PC and your
router, I.e. 100Mbps.
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Regards
Jon

Yes folks, it does say local area connection. Doh. Does this mean that
having 2meg broadband is a waste of time? The belkin router has
transmission set to 'fully automatic' whatever that means, although 2mb
is an option.

<jesoakley@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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no its not a waste of time:
your connection between PC and router is 50 times faster than the connection
between router and internet => nothing to worry about

"phantom" <nobody@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
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Nevermind nothing to worry about, this is normal. It *never* went from 512
to 100 when you upgraded to 1mb broadband....

jesoakley@yahoo.co.uk declared for all the world to hear...
Er, not unless your ADSL speed increases to be more than that of your
LAN, I.e. your 2 meg broadband would suddenly need to get 50 times
faster to equal the speed of your LAN!
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Regards
Jon