Low WiFi rates (Hardy 64Bit, Intel Pro Wireless 3945)

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:30:07 +0200, Phil Bieber wrote:

>> Your are messing your bw units, making it really hard to know to what
>> kind of speed you are referring... You said before that you have
>> 14megabits/s from your ISP, correct? With wifi, the maximum speed I've
>> ever got was around 3MegaBytes/s, usually it goes around 700-1000 KB/s.
>>
>> Please confirm your numbers.
>> Thanks.
>>
> <--snip-->
> Hi!
> Indeed, I did mess up there:
> I have a 14 MBit/s DSL connection
> When downloading updates via aptitude I get speeds of about 30KB/s with
> parallel surfing being impossible. In Windows I can still download with
> at least 400KB/s.

Go to System / Administration / Network Tools, and set Network Device to 
your wireless connection. What's the value for Link Speed?

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