wireless speed is slow !

Hello everyone, my name is monty. I have a compaq presario 2100 it has a
mobile amd athlon xp 1800 1.5 ghz. i am running 756 mgb of ram. for
wireless i have wpc54g wireless linksys card. i am not sure what
settings are optimal. everytime it connects it starts at 54 then drops
anywhere from 24 to 5.5 . i don't understand some of the settings on it.
i tried the tools on the website but it says it running fine. i am at
wits end with this thing. other poeple using it say it works good for
them. please help someone.


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monty wrote:
> Hello everyone, my name is monty. I have a compaq presario 2100 it has a
> mobile amd athlon xp 1800 1.5 ghz. i am running 756 mgb of ram. for
> wireless i have wpc54g wireless linksys card. i am not sure what
> settings are optimal. everytime it connects it starts at 54 then drops
> anywhere from 24 to 5.5 .

Wireless connection speed is /heavily/ affected by the local environment:
- number and type of any walls etc between laptop & router
- other 2.4GHz sources such as phones, microwaves, TV senders etc
- neighbours' wireless networks.
- interference from other electrical equipment
- orientation of antennae on router and laptop

and so forth.