DLINK DWL-650

My Dlink DWL-650 (Rev C) works with my wireless router but the overhead
from running the wireless connection makes my old 700 Mhz thinkpad
un-useable. The CPU utilization goes to 70% and higher with no
applications running aside from firefox 1.5.

My laptop does work well with the wireless card removed and running on a
wired connection. The CPU utilization is around 15% in that environment.

I did contact Dlink support. They suggested that after the connection is
established I could stop the zero configuration interface. That really
doesn't seem to help.

Are other wireless cards less demanding on the CPU than the Dlink card?
Yes, I understand the chip set and the cpu combine to make the wireless
interface work but this poor old laptop won't go any faster. Can't add
more memory (although that isn't the problem).

Thanks for any suggestions..

Tom S.

tom at stephenson dot cc

Tom Stephenson wrote:
> My Dlink DWL-650 (Rev C) works with my wireless router but the overhead
> from running the wireless connection makes my old 700 Mhz thinkpad
> un-useable. The CPU utilization goes to 70% and higher with no
> applications running aside from firefox 1.5.
>
> My laptop does work well with the wireless card removed and running on a
> wired connection. The CPU utilization is around 15% in that environment.
>
> I did contact Dlink support. They suggested that after the connection is
> established I could stop the zero configuration interface. That really
> doesn't seem to help.
>
> Are other wireless cards less demanding on the CPU than the Dlink card?
> Yes, I understand the chip set and the cpu combine to make the wireless
> interface work but this poor old laptop won't go any faster. Can't add
> more memory (although that isn't the problem).
>
> Thanks for any suggestions..
>
> Tom S.
>
> tom at stephenson dot cc
Hi,
My TP T21(PIII, 800MHz) worked very well with that card????????

works well under win98se on a celeron 550.
your problem is windows.


Tom Stephenson wrote:

> My Dlink DWL-650 (Rev C) works with my wireless router but the overhead
> from running the wireless connection makes my old 700 Mhz thinkpad
> un-useable. The CPU utilization goes to 70% and higher with no
> applications running aside from firefox 1.5.
>
> My laptop does work well with the wireless card removed and running on a
> wired connection. The CPU utilization is around 15% in that environment.
>
> I did contact Dlink support. They suggested that after the connection is
> established I could stop the zero configuration interface. That really
> doesn't seem to help.
>
> Are other wireless cards less demanding on the CPU than the Dlink card?
> Yes, I understand the chip set and the cpu combine to make the wireless
> interface work but this poor old laptop won't go any faster. Can't add
> more memory (although that isn't the problem).
>
> Thanks for any suggestions..
>
> Tom S.
>
> tom at stephenson dot cc