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    wireless speed

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by cisbrane, Jul 7, 2006.

  1. cisbrane

    cisbrane Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey, i just got an HP dv2000z w/ a Broadcom wireless card

    i have noticed some strange things:

    my internet can usually get good speeds off websites on my ethernet cable like 400KB/s, however now w/ my wireless i get like 400 but it dramtically decreases. When i do network transfers i get a much more reasonable speed (about thesame as the HDD cache and stuff)

    any way, does any one know why my card goes slow? (i used to have a diff laptop w/ a netgera pcmcia card based of broadcom i think that had thesame problem) why does it go so much slower than what my network can support?

    interesting thing (i used the windowsdriver for the netgear in linux w/ ndis wrapper an i got the 400+KB/s but it in windows the speed would be far less)


    please help

    thanks
     
    cisbrane, Jul 7, 2006
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Update drivers and router firmware as a place to start.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 8, 2006
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  3. cisbrane

    cisbrane Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok i'll try that thanks
     
    cisbrane, Jul 8, 2006
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