wireless speed in network manager

[Harold Hartley]

Terry Snyder wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Harold Hartley 
> <harold_hartley at verizon.net <mailto:harold_hartley at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     Terry Snyder wrote:
>     > Which network adapter is being used at the time you pick this?
>     >
>     > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Harold Hartley
>     > <harold_hartley at verizon.net <mailto:harold_hartley at verizon.net>
>     <mailto:harold_hartley at verizon.net
>     <mailto:harold_hartley at verizon.net>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I'm running ubuntu 8.04 on a dell latitude d800 inside of
>     windows.
>     >     I'm wondering when I click on the connection information
>     within the
>     >     network manager it shows a speed of 1 Mbps all the time.
>     >     Has anyone else noticed this and is there a fix for this problem
>     >     to show
>     >     or allow the speed to work faster...
>     >
>     >     Harold
>     >
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>     I'm using the one broadcom card that plugs inside the laptop in the
>     bottom of it. Its the 1370 wlan card.
>     I do have the proper driver for it as it detected it and installed it
>     for me.
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> What does the Interface: tell you is being used when you click on this 
> is it 802/11 WiFi(eth1) or something else?  The speed will be 
> different and slower the greater distance you are away from the 
> wireless base station.  Mine is about 6 feet from the base station 
> using the 1390 wlan card and it averages 10Mb/s if I remember correctly.
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> Terry Snyder Jr.
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> Making your computer experience safe and secure. 
Mine is about 6 feet away and it shows me:

Active Connection Information

    interface:                              802.11 WiFi (wlan0)
    Speed:                                   1 Mbp/s
    Driver:                                   b43

    IP Address:                           192.168.1.103
    Broadcast:                            192.168.1.255
    Subnet Mask:                       255.255.255.0
    Default Route:                      192.168.1.1
    Primary DNS:                        71.243.0.12
    Secondary DNS:                   68.237.161.12
    Hardware Address:             xxxxxxxxxxxxx


I realize that the slower the speed the further the distance,
but Sometimes I'd like to have more speed when watching a video or 
downloading a file.

Harold