Wireless speed drops

[Wendell Nichols]

Georgi Hristozov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> max написа:
>> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:16:41PM +0300, Georgi Hristozov wrote:
>>> <snip>
>> Got a coffee shop nearby? Do they have wireless access? Try there and 
>> see if the problem persists. Hardware failure has to be ruled out or 
>> all the debugging in the world isn't going to do you a bit of good.
>>
>> Other things to consider is if anyone else is connected to your 
>> access point, some access points will have to limit the overall speed 
>> if a client is using say b instead of g wireless, so your only as 
>> fast as your slowest man.
>
> Sometimes I use another notebook (Win 2000) with this AP and the speed 
> is stable. And, as I said, with Vista on the same problematic Toshiba, 
> everything works great for hours with high network load. Checked the 
> AP, nobody else is connected (and it's highly unlikely that I have a 
> WPA cracker in my neighbourhood :D ), and according to iwconfig I'm 
> using G. Anyway, checking near a hotspot (or at a friend's home) is a 
> good idea, I need just a few minutes of downloading at high speed to 
> experience this issue, no need to run iperf for hours. :)
I had a problem where my wireless network would lag badly periodically.  
I thought my ISP was at fault but I evntually found that it was my dlink 
wireless router.  I applied a firmware update and its been good since 
then.  Check for maintenance for your wireless router..
wcn