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    Help the first timer with wireless

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Flounder911, Nov 27, 2008.

  1. Flounder911

    Flounder911 Notebook Consultant

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    So my laptop a Sony viao FW140D, is running fairly slow when i am at school with regards to wireless internet.

    is there anything i can do to help improve speed...

    are there new drivers i can download for my wireless card? where would i find such drivers? how do i install these drivers?
     
    Flounder911, Nov 27, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    I would stick with drivers available from the Sony website.

    You can't increase speed - that's determined by the school's wireless network. You should ask your school's tech department about the wireless speed.
     
    kegobeer, Nov 27, 2008
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  3. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    When you say "slow" do you mean "slow" as in "when is the google landing page going to load" or as in "I can't game as fast on the school's network as on my home network"?
     
    Shyster1, Nov 28, 2008
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    Flounder911 Notebook Consultant

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    slow as in, when / if ever is google going to load...

    its weird, when im in certain spots of the university i get GREAT fast fast fast speeds, but than someone sits beside me and turns on their laptop and all of a sudden i can no longer load google while their ripping through like its nothing..

    is it a problem with my wireless card/drivers getting overthrown or something by the other persons?
     
    Flounder911, Nov 29, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Sigh. Ask your school's tech department about it.
     
    kegobeer, Nov 29, 2008
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    Ruthar Notebook Enthusiast

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    As stated by nearly everyone else apove ask your school.

    Anouther thing to take into accound is weather you are accessing through a proxy?

    Do you have to type in say "Mobile" to the address bar to bring up a proxy?
     
    Ruthar, Nov 29, 2008
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Someone is sitting nerxt to you and your connection suffers?
    Sounds like interference to me...

    Maybe increasing the output power of your Wi-Fi card could help - see "device manager" and then somewhere options/settings

    Also:
    Is it an open network or do you have "dedicated access".
    For example at my university I log on using my username and password using a protected Wi-Fi network.
     
    DetlevCM, Nov 30, 2008
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    Check your signal strength (i.e., whether the NIC uses full power or not) and also check how sensitive your signal-hopping is - if it's too sensitive, the NIC may be jumping off signal at the slightest sign of congestion (e.g., someone else with a wireless computer sitting down next to you) and hunting for a new radio signal before settingly down with the old signal.

    Also, you'd be best served by making sure you have the latest drivers from the _Sony website; _Sony builds very proprietary stuff (like _Dell :() and I doubt if you'd get better performance with a generic driver.
     
    Shyster1, Dec 1, 2008
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  9. Wirelessman

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    Why do you want to improve the speed? The bottleneck is your ISP provider anyway, not your laptop.
     
    Wirelessman, Dec 1, 2008
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