Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-26 Thread Stroller
On 25 Apr 2010, at 10:07, Adam wrote: Downloads over my 802.1g WLAN seem to always be at either of these two speeds. Billon ADSL+WLAN router one end, Intel 5100 on the laptop. Any ideas on how i stop it falling back to the slower speed? Move the laptop closer to the access point. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Mick
On Sunday 25 April 2010 13:19:51 Adam wrote: > > Check that you have disabled 802.11b on your router, or you may find that > > an adjacent client who's running 802.11b will drag your router down to > > 11Mb/s max (the actual throughput will be lower). > > Router is already fixed to g only. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Adam
> Check that you have disabled 802.11b on your router, or you may find that an > adjacent client who's running 802.11b will drag your router down to 11Mb/s > max > (the actual throughput will be lower). Router is already fixed to g only. > While you're experiencing the lower downloads you can

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Mick
On Sunday 25 April 2010 12:02:08 Adam wrote: > >> Downloads over my 802.1g WLAN seem to always be at either of these two > >> speeds. Billon ADSL+WLAN router one end, Intel 5100 on the laptop. Any > >> ideas on how i stop it falling back to the slower speed? > > > > look for a not contested channel

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 25 April 2010, Adam wrote: > >> Downloads over my 802.1g WLAN seem to always be at either of these two > >> speeds. Billon ADSL+WLAN router one end, Intel 5100 on the laptop. Any > >> ideas on how i stop it falling back to the slower speed? > > > > look for a not contested channel? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Adam
>> Downloads over my 802.1g WLAN seem to always be at either of these two >> speeds. Billon ADSL+WLAN router one end, Intel 5100 on the laptop. Any >> ideas on how i stop it falling back to the slower speed? > > look for a not contested channel? I had assumed that congestion would reveal itself a

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 25 April 2010, Adam wrote: > Downloads over my 802.1g WLAN seem to always be at either of these two > speeds. Billon ADSL+WLAN router one end, Intel 5100 on the laptop. Any > ideas on how i stop it falling back to the slower speed? look for a not contested channel?

[gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB

2010-04-25 Thread Adam
Downloads over my 802.1g WLAN seem to always be at either of these two speeds. Billon ADSL+WLAN router one end, Intel 5100 on the laptop. Any ideas on how i stop it falling back to the slower speed?