Hey Thanks for all the information. My netbook is two years old so I am starting to shop for a replacement and I will keep all this in mind.
I was thinking about getting a dell Vosotro. It is almost as small as a netbook. http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=nb_v13u_f2_e&c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&model_id=vostro-v13 Do you think that its wireless card, Dell Wireless 1397 802.11b/g, would do the trick? <http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=nb_v13u_f2_e&c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&model_id=vostro-v13> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:06 PM, sean halter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi > > I do a lot of skype calls over wireless and I have a question that some > of > > you might be able to answer. > > My work computer is running an AMD Vision with Windows 7 and Skype calls > > made via the wireless card are perfect. I mean virtually 100% of the > time. > > However, on my netbook running Ubuntu 10.04 (using the same wireless > > router) calls often suck, with dropped portions of conversations. Is > this > > due to the wireless card in my netbook, or, is it because the netbook is > > running the drivers in Wine? > > Wine or NDIS wrapper? In my experience the performance of ndiswrapper > was an order of magnitude lower than a native driver. My current > laptop has an Intel wifi adapter and it works great with skype (I also > use 802.11a to avoid the congestion in the 2.4 Ghz band) and tc to > prioritize skype over web and email traffic. > > > Any ideas?\ > > Would things get better if I were running linux and skype on a > > speedier computer? Or is this an operating system thing? > > More power helps, netbooks are just too underpowered for my taste. > Your problem is likely the chipset in the wifi card. Fortunately for > most netbooks it is possible to replace this device with something > better (like one of these for example > http://www.xagyl.com/store/product.php?productid=16172&cat=251&bestseller=Y > ) > > I favor an actual laptop with dual band (2.4 and 5 Ghz) support. It > seems almost everybody has a 802.11b/g/n AP on 2.4 Ghz these days. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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