Laptop performs really slow when running from wifi

[Asif Iqbal]

On Nov 18, 2007 10:38 PM, Anthony M. Rasat <anton at kaltimpost.net> wrote:
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> From: Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com>
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> > Hi All
> >
> > I am running ubuntu 7.10 on my laptop. It is a HP Compaq nc 6220. Here
> > are some hardware specs
> >
> > - 512M (builtin) + 1G memory chip = 1.5 total ram
> > - Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
> > - 02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> > Network Connection (rev 05)
> >
> > In ubuntu 7.06 I had no issue with wifi.
> >
> > But I notice my laptop slows down, mouse starts flickering, keyboard
> > to screen response very slow. It
> > happends *only* when I run my laptop for few hours or so on wifi.
> >
> > The only way I fix it is by rebooting the laptop.
> >
> > Is there a way to fix this issue
> >
> >
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> Since you mentioned running laptop few hours or so made your laptop crawl, I would suspect overheating problem. Linux kernel usually logs such incident in kernel dump message so

It does not make sense. Why would overheating be a problem *only* when
running thru wifi?

maybe when your laptop starting to crawl, you need to open a terminal
console and type:
>
>  dmesg
>
> And look in last few lines at bottom of that log.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony M. Rasat
> ITDepartment
> Kaltim Post Group
> Balikpapan - Indonesia.-
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