[Tfug] Wireless in windows

[Matt Jacob]

It could just be the XP networking stack in general. I believe Vista
has a redesigned TCP/IP stack, so maybe an "upgrade" would solve the
problem. Alternatively, you could run some cables and tell your
roommates to plug in.

Matt

On 8/4/07, Ben Slote <bslote at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone know how to improve wireless speeds in Windows?
>
> Copy/paste from a forum post I made elsewhere:
>
> We just got set up with Cox (12mbit/1mbit) and we're having a strange issue.
> We have our modem (a Motorola SB1501) going to our Linksys WRT54G router,
> and we're all connecting to the network via wireless cards. My two roommates
> are getting really lousy speeds, in the 2-3mbit range, while I'm getting
> much better speeds in the 12-14mbit range. I'm running Linux, and my two
> roommates are running Windows XP.
>
> I've also booted into Windows on my laptop and got the same lousy speeds as
> my roommates (3-4mbit). I then booted right back into Linux and tested with
> the same test server and consistently get over 13mbit. So I really want to
> this is a Windows problem, and not anything related to hardware.
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