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    Slow Speeds with Intel Wi-Fi Cards

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by andrewhaji, Oct 6, 2008.

  1. andrewhaji

    andrewhaji Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    I just purchased a Lenovo X200--great machine. At home, the wireless works great, but when I take it to school I have a lot of problems.

    Pages often take forever to load. When I did a continuous ping to the access point, the results were something like this...

    2ms
    2ms
    2ms
    300ms
    request timed out
    2ms
    2ms
    request timed out
    request timed out
    request timed out

    And it would continue on similar to that. I don't understand why the wireless is giving me so much trouble at school, but not at home! Could it be an incompatibility with the Intel Wi-Fi card and my school's access points? Is there any workaround for it?

    My "old" MacBook Pro works fine at school. I believe they have Atheros cards in them.

    Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks!

    (For reference, my school is the University of Toronto...maybe there are others out there with a similar problem?)
     
    andrewhaji, Oct 6, 2008
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  2. Ch28Kid

    Ch28Kid Notebook Deity

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    You using the Lenovo wireless software? Maybe try disable that and use the default windows wireless thingy.

    My school Wi Fi doesn't work so well with Intel software, I get disconnected a lot. The windows wi fi solved the problem.
     
    Ch28Kid, Oct 6, 2008
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  3. andrewhaji

    andrewhaji Newbie

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    No, I'm using the built-in Windows wireless applet. I've tried with both, and both produce the same problem.
     
    andrewhaji, Oct 6, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Its intermittently dropping out.

    What security and wireless mode are you using?
     
    flipfire, Oct 7, 2008
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  5. andrewhaji

    andrewhaji Newbie

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    At home, where it works flawlessly, I use WPA2. My router is 802.11g.

    At school, where it flakes out, they have WEP and are also using 802.11g access points.
     
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