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Dongle bottleneck?

TheGermanEngie
By TheGermanEngie
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So for the past couple of months, my Realtek RTL8188EU 802.11n USB Adapter has been able to surf da interwebs pretty smoothly. With steam (using the Singapore server) I would get download speeds from 2.5 - 4.0mb/s. I was a pretty happy duckling. Then, the problems started when I started using a VPN to download torrents. I could only download torrents through Vuze when connected to the VPN, and at a painstakingly slow download rate peaking 100-200Kb/s. Also, as of typing this sentence, GTA just finished downloading after A WHOLE DAY, around 600-780kb/s. My internet at home is supposedly a pretty decent Verizon router, but as of recently I'm starting to think it was a huge waste of money. 

 

What should I do? Replace the USB dongle with an 802.11a/c? Powerline ethernet??

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Try using ethernet without powerlining it if you can. Also if that doesn't work, try using a PCIe WLAN adapter.

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