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Thread: Bad network card performance

  1. #1
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    Angry Bad network card performance

    I'm using a Belkin 802.11g Wireless card, and the connection keeps dropping in and out, seemingly as if the signal is poor.

    However, I have a dual boot machine, and annoyingly there seems to be no problem whatsoever getting a signal in windows XP.

    How is that even possible? I thought if it were a driver issue then it would not work all the time, not only some times. Can the driver affect the performance?

    I have recently upgraded to ubuntu 8, but i started having this problem a few weeks before the upgrade. I tend to use Windows now whenever I need to get online (like now).

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks.

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    Re: Bad network card performance

    if you are using a restricted driver from ubuntu, try using windows driver (with ndiswrapper) or vice-versa.

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    Re: Bad network card performance

    Quote Originally Posted by thedarkleaf View Post
    I'm using a Belkin 802.11g Wireless card, and the connection keeps dropping in and out, seemingly as if the signal is poor.
    Try turning off power saving on the wireless device:
    Code:
    sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off txpower fixed
    Replace wlan0 with your actual wireless interface.
    Cheers,PRShah
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    Talking Re: Bad network card performance

    Thanks, I changed to using the windows driver with ndiswrapper, and since rebooting haven't been disconnected at all. If it starts to happen I'll post again, but if not we can assume all went well! Thanks!

    ps: i tried switching the power saving off as well, but my device apparenlty doesn't support that feature. Thanks for the idea though.

    Cheers!

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