wireless speed in network manager

[Terry Snyder]

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Harold Hartley <harold_hartley at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Harold Hartley wrote:
> >
> >> I'm running ubuntu 8.04 on a dell latitude d800 inside of windows.
> >>
> >
> > Ubuntu 8.04 inside of Windows? Do you mean in a virtual machine?
> >
> >
> >> 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...
> >>
> >
> > If it is really inside a VM, you probably don't have direct access to
> the
> > bare hardware but you are looking at a virtual network device. Then the
> > speed displayed by NM is probably not relevant. The real speed is
> > probably higher, or did you measure the throughput and it really was
> > 1Mbps?
> >
> >
> > Nils
> >
> >
> No, I mean it installs in windows like an application using wubi the
> windows installer..
>
> Harold
>
>
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I checked out my D600 it uses the same WiFi adapter and sure enough it only
shows 1Mb/s as the top speed no matter how far away it is.  I did also
notice that it is using the MadWiFi software to make the WiFi work.  This is
software to emulate the Windows Driver from the firmware since the Broadcom
firmware has no Opensouce driver.  I was able to transfer files at faster
than 1Mb/s so I am thinking that the MadWiFi driver is not reporting back
the correct speed.

As for Anna comments about sound the WiFi drops because your AC Unit is
sending out the waves not your yelling or music.  Besides any such stupid
commonents are from someone that has no clue what effects radio waves.
Welcome to the internet it doesn't mater if you win or lose an argument you
are still retarded to have started it in the first place.

-- 
Terry Snyder Jr.
Computer Support Specialist
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Making your computer experience safe and secure.
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