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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 11 Mar 2006
13:20:54 -0800,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Actually I have 2 questions.
>
>1. Do I need to set some particular setting on this router in order NOT
>to experience a lower speed on the wireless side when there is both a
>wired, and wireless connections to this router at the same time? It
>could be just a coincidence, but I have observed a substantial decrease
>in speed after login on the PC with the wired connection to the router.
> That is, I have observed a decrease to 1-5 Mbps when initially it was
>54 Mbps with just the wireless laptop logged-on.
Wired has no effect on the wireless connection speed.
>2. How critical is it to use that "blue" ethernet cable (that came with
>the router) for the connection from the router to the PC? I didn't
>bother with it since my desktop is in a cabinet, and I didn't want to
>have to pull out everything. I am wondering if this why I am seeing
>the problem discussed in the previous paragrah.
All you need is a real "CAT5" cable.
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