Extremely slow transfers

I have a desktop computer and a laptop. About a year ago, I purchased
a Linksys WMP11 PCI card and WPC11 ver 3 PCMCIA card. I set up a
Ad-hoc connection, used my own SSID, changed the channel from the
default 6, and set up WEP. Everything worked perfectly... until two
days ago.

The problem that I'm experiencing is that my wireless connection, no
matter what, connects only at 2 Mb/s. I've tried almost everything,
but the maximum it would go is 2 Mb/s, even if I'm in the same room
with my desktop and laptop. It used to work at full 11 Mb/s before.
There has been no changes in my house -- I havent brought a microwave
any closer to my computer and I dont use a cordless phone.

What I have tried:
- Disabling/enabling the connection
- Disabling/enabling other ethernet cards on the system
- Changing my IP configuration from DHCP to static
- Removing/reinstalling the PCI card, as well as the PCMCIA card
- Deleting all the settings I had in my Instant Wireless Configuration
Utility, as well as Windows XP's settings, and then re-configuring
them.
- Disabling WEP
- Uninstalling the current drivers, getting the latest ones from
linksys and installing them
- Using Linksys' buggy, memory-leak prone new Wireless Config Utility
- Changing the channel/ssid
- Tried using my laptop with a friend's network which runs with a
wireless router -- Infrastructure mode -- and it works perfectly at 11
Mb/s.

Desktop's System Config -- 3-4 years old:
Pentium 2 400mhz, Intel 440BX m/b, 192mb ram, Windows 2000 (on one
harddisk) and Windows XP (on another) -- I installed XP on a seperate
harddisk thinking my 2000 installation might have screwed up. Has a
ethernet NIC (Realtek) connected to my cable modem.

Laptop's Config -- HP Pavillion zt1130:
Celeron 1.13ghz, VIA chipset, 256mb ram, has a built-in Realtek
ethernet, Windows 2000 (again, I tried two seperate installations on
two different partitions).

Connection speeds:
With my desktop's ICS enabled, I only get around 15KB/s max when
downloading anywhere from the net, even if I try to use a download
manager like Getright. When downloading off a share from my desktop to
my laptop, I get around 37KB/s at most. I used to be able to put MP3s
on my desktop and listen to them from my laptop -- which I obviously
cant do now.


Hope somebody can help. Thanks.

>
>Hope somebody can help. Thanks.

They act strange like that when they're on they're last leg. Less than
12 months old and you have the receit, RMA it. Otherwise get one like
the Orinoco which are affordabvle now and much better than your old
one.


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(E-Mail Removed) (Tanisha Ranury) wrote in
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> I have a desktop computer and a laptop. About a year ago, I purchased
> a Linksys WMP11 PCI card and WPC11 ver 3 PCMCIA card. I set up a
> Ad-hoc connection, used my own SSID, changed the channel from the
> default 6, and set up WEP. Everything worked perfectly... until two
> days ago.
>
> The problem that I'm experiencing is that my wireless connection, no
> matter what, connects only at 2 Mb/s. I've tried almost everything,
> but the maximum it would go is 2 Mb/s, even if I'm in the same room
> with my desktop and laptop. It used to work at full 11 Mb/s before.
> There has been no changes in my house -- I havent brought a microwave
> any closer to my computer and I dont use a cordless phone.
>
> What I have tried:
> - Disabling/enabling the connection
> - Disabling/enabling other ethernet cards on the system
> - Changing my IP configuration from DHCP to static
> - Removing/reinstalling the PCI card, as well as the PCMCIA card
> - Deleting all the settings I had in my Instant Wireless Configuration
> Utility, as well as Windows XP's settings, and then re-configuring
> them.
> - Disabling WEP
> - Uninstalling the current drivers, getting the latest ones from
> linksys and installing them
> - Using Linksys' buggy, memory-leak prone new Wireless Config Utility
> - Changing the channel/ssid
> - Tried using my laptop with a friend's network which runs with a
> wireless router -- Infrastructure mode -- and it works perfectly at 11
> Mb/s.
>
> Desktop's System Config -- 3-4 years old:
> Pentium 2 400mhz, Intel 440BX m/b, 192mb ram, Windows 2000 (on one
> harddisk) and Windows XP (on another) -- I installed XP on a seperate
> harddisk thinking my 2000 installation might have screwed up. Has a
> ethernet NIC (Realtek) connected to my cable modem.
>
> Laptop's Config -- HP Pavillion zt1130:
> Celeron 1.13ghz, VIA chipset, 256mb ram, has a built-in Realtek
> ethernet, Windows 2000 (again, I tried two seperate installations on
> two different partitions).
>
> Connection speeds:
> With my desktop's ICS enabled, I only get around 15KB/s max when
> downloading anywhere from the net, even if I try to use a download
> manager like Getright. When downloading off a share from my desktop to
> my laptop, I get around 37KB/s at most. I used to be able to put MP3s
> on my desktop and listen to them from my laptop -- which I obviously
> cant do now.
>
>
> Hope somebody can help. Thanks.
>

For all you know, you could have a Trojan or virus that has infected the
network/machines and is slowing things down. You could have some kind of
outside interference that could be happening too. And if you're letting
the equipment take electrical spikes, because you're not using a UPS and
have equipment like the router, modem etc. connected to it being
protected and getting clean power, you're asking for trouble IMHO.

Duane

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