> 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 iwlist <iface> scan
> to see the speed at which your NIC is connecting at. If it is 802.11g it'll
> say so:
Thanks, i can see my own router (Cell 01) and three others, looks like I
should try channel 13. I can't see the speed shown in the output tho.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address:
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=69/70 Signal level=-41 dBm
Cell 02 - Address:
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=32/70 Signal level=-78 dBm
Cell 03 - Address:
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
Cell 04 - Address:
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=48/70 Signal level=-62 dBm