On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 00:02 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Keith Clark writes: > > > Hey Sam, > > > > Sorry I didn't mention that before. Yes, I've tried wired and I get the > > correct speeds as they should be. 2 Mbps download and 0.5 Mbps upload. > > There are a few low-hanging fruits you can check, to eliminate the obvious. > > First, how many access points NetworkManager shows, besides your own. If you > have a bunch of other access points round you, your wireless frequency may > be saturated. You may or may not have better luck by reconfiguring your > wireless router to use a different channel. > > If your laptop is in a different room than your wireless router, or if you > have other devices connected to your wireless router: turn off all other > devices, take the laptop, and go sit next to your wireless router, connect > to it, and see how fast things move when you're right next to it. > > Yeah, I thought of all that stuff too. It works fine on another laptop we have and it also used to work on this laptop running Ubuntu. I really believe that this is an open firmware issue. Keith -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
