-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It sounds like you have an 802.11b device hooked up to your network, which will degrade the wireless network. Or there is an 802.11b device trying to connect to your network.
I would also move your wireless channel to something else, 6 is the default and tends to get crowded. 1 and 12 are good choices (realistically, there are only 3 choices, 1, 6, and 12). You said you reset your router to default, so likely the channel is set to 6. It does not matter what the clients set their channel to, they will switch automatically to whatever channel the essid they are configured for is using (this was designed to facilitate roaming, one essid, multiple APs on different channels with overlapping coverage). Try using kismet to get a good idea of what you are dealing with respect to other wireless networks. Also, your router should have a mode that excludes older 902.11b devices, on my Linksys there is mixed mode, G only, and B only. I would go with G only if possible (we have 2 APs in our apartment, one that is G only, and one that is B only, which is funny because I rarely use wireless these days... stupid effing broadcomm...). FYI, vmware is not likely the culprit. There is a complicated answer, but the short version is that I would look elsewhere. Unless your VM is pushing a boatload of traffic, your problem is elsewhere. What OS are you running on your laptop? What wireless card? Do you have WEP or WPA enabled? I have been a fan of the older Linksys routers, now rebranded as model number WRT54GL, sometimes it has Open Source Edition on the box. They are also very hackable (in the happy spanky sense, not the lack of security sense). Mitchell Brown wrote: > Hi guys, > > For the past few days, I've been having serious problems with my wireless > network. I'm only getting speeds of "Very good (1Mbps)", whereas its > usually > at "Excellent (54Mbps)". It ranges anywhere from between 1 and 11 now. At > present, I have a Di524 hooked into a Di604, which hooks into my m0n0wall > box. I suspect the Di524 may be faulty, but am unsure. Is there anything on > the m0n0wall that could be causing this problem? I've factory-reset the > di524, to no avail. Its still being randomely poor, websites are timing > out, > and disconnecting all the time. Thing is, its been absolutely fine for the > last year! > > mb > > on the rebound: if it *is* the di524, what would you guys recommend as a > replacement? i want something a little more robust then this stupid > "router". > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFT8C3wRXgH3rKGfMRAglXAJwORRbMfHBuqhY8MXdfjyArPvZNRQCgnmRD yHmKpaKoIRHSvVZuA2PHy+Q= =7j03 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
