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.

[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?

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 as

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? I had assumed

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? I had

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 run

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. While