[Tfug] Wireless in windows

[Ben Slote]

Yeah, looks like they're going the wired route. One of my roommates is
already wired in and the other one is going over to SWS tomorrow to pick up
some cat5.

It's things like this that make me really happy that I don't use windows.

On 8/6/07, Matt Jacob <matt.jacob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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