I’m trying to increase the wireless connection speed of my Wii for better video quality on streaming Netflix movies.  I know that the Wii won’t give HD-quality, which is fine since my TV is SD.  But I want to get DVD-quality, if possible.

When I do a speed test with the Wii’s Opera internet browser, the stats are: down 2.99 Mb/s, up .37 Mb/s, ping 45 ms.  My computer on a wired connection to the router gets: down 22.15 Mb/s, up 3.12 Mb/s, ping 35 ms.  I read a couple of things that suggested that doing a speed test through the Wii’s Opera browser isn’t accurate since it will show you a slower speed than what you are actually getting.  In any case, the connection speed is fine for online gaming with the Wii and for my kids’ DSi’s.

I realize that the placement of the router, other concurrent internet connections, interference from electronics, interference from neighbors’ connections etc. affect the wireless connection speed, but is there any tweaking of my settings (see below) that will help increase speed?

I already looked at the “Successful Router Connections – Linksys” thread, but it didn’t help for my model.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G2 V1

firmware version: 1.0.04 build 005, Jun. 16, 2009

Internet Connection Type: Automatic Configuration – DHCP

MTU: Manual

Size: 1500

DHCP Server: Enable

Wireless Configuration: Manual

Wireless Network Mode: Mixed

Wireless Channel: 1 (no discernable difference if using channel 11)

Security Mode: WPA2 Personal

WPA Algorithms: TKIP+AES

Wireless MAC Filter: disable

Authentication Type: Auto

Basic Rate: Default

Transmission Rate:  Auto

CTS Protection Mode: Disable

Frame Burst: Disable

Beacon Interval: 100

DTIM Interval: 1

Fragmentation Threshold: 2346

RTS Threshold: 2347

AP Isolation: Off

Wii internet settings

Type of Security: WPA-PSK (TKIP)

Auto-Obtain IP Address: Yes

Auto-Obtain DNS: Yes

Proxy Server: Don’t Use

MTU Value: 0