wireless speedup/slowdown

[Michael W. Powell]

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Trevor Smith <trevor at haligonian.com>
Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Date:  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:28:51 -0300

>Does anyone know why a connection from a wireless router would generally be at 
>11mbps but then slow down to 5.5, down to 2, up to 5.5, down to 1, up to 2, 
>etc.? The signal strength remains at or above 88% at all times, and does not 
>fluctuate when these drops/jumps in "Connection speed" happen.
>
>There is no one else in the house, no one using the XP machine that is also 
>connected (by wire) to the router, the router presumably is not doing 
>anything else. It's a high speed connection from the router to the wall 
>(Internet connection from my local phone co.). And none of that should matter 
>anyway, right? My KDE wireless monitor should only be measuring my speed to 
>the router when it says 11mbs or 2mbps or whatever it reads currently, right?
>
>Connections do seem very slow with this router/laptop combination today too. 
>Web sites appear instantly on the wired machine, very slowly (even resolving 
>hostname, etc.) on the laptop (same router).
>
>But it's weird, hotmail.com, for example, pops up instantly on the XP machine, 
>but takes forever to "resolve hostname" on the linux laptop -- even on 
>multiple retries. Yet google and imdb.com pop up instantly on the laptop.
>
>-- 
>Trevor Smith // trevor at haligonian.com
>
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Is this a centrino laptop? They have very elaborate power controls, and will actually adjust power to the wireless card which will inturn mess with your transmission speed. Check it out, and let us know. Also, do you have the same issue if you sit closer to the WAP?

-Mike