Should have also said that my laptop is running Win2000.
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:47:58 +0100, Littleboy
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>I have just added a wireless ad-hoc setup to my existing wired LAN and
>I am having major problems with the connection rates.
>
>Spec as follows....
>Belkin 54g wireless F5D7000 desktop card in my Win XP ICS gateway
>Belkin 54g Wireless F5D7010 notebook card in my IBM T20 Thinkpad
>Both cards set to ad-hoc mode and IBSS 54g Mode on the cards set to
>'54g Performance' - Rate set to 'Best Rate'
>XP software bridge between existing LAN and new Wireless connection
>
>Both machines connect to the network and I can browse the Net from my
>laptop, however even when both machines are right next to each other,
>the network rate drops to 1Mbps 8<
>Net browsing is slow and file transfer is out of the question.
>Signal strength reported from the Belkin status indicator is excellent
>on both machines.
>
>What am I doing wrong and can anyone please help me to diagnose the
>reason for the poor rate?
>
>I would prefer NOT to fork out for an AP given that I only want to
>connect these two machines on teh wireless network.
>
>Many thanks
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