abo999
April 24th, 2009, 10:08 PM
Is there anything in the 9.04 release which may have affected wifi performance?
I upgraded my son's desktop and daughter's laptop to 9.04 yesterday (actually I flattened them and did a full virgin install on both; it gave me chance to clean their machines up and they had nothing to lose being 5 and 3 respectively) and the wifi performance seems to have become degraded on both since.
The desktop:
Is sited about 4m from the router, through a stud wall, plaster ceiling and wooden floorboards. Has always been poor with a signal around 15-20% but connected to the router at 11Mbps at it's worst. Now it's showing around 8-17% and connecting at 1Mbps. Actual network performance is so degraded I can't even remote view the desktop from my own machine, and browsing the web is so sloooow it's not practical.
The laptop:
Is about 5m from the router, through an extra stud wall. It previously showed signal of about 80% and connected at 54Mbps. Now it shows 65% and connects at between 1-5Mbps.
Can anyone explain the degradation? My employer provides me with a Windows laptop and this is performing normally as I take is around the house and even from the back of my car earlier today which is parked on the drive outside...
I upgraded my son's desktop and daughter's laptop to 9.04 yesterday (actually I flattened them and did a full virgin install on both; it gave me chance to clean their machines up and they had nothing to lose being 5 and 3 respectively) and the wifi performance seems to have become degraded on both since.
The desktop:
Is sited about 4m from the router, through a stud wall, plaster ceiling and wooden floorboards. Has always been poor with a signal around 15-20% but connected to the router at 11Mbps at it's worst. Now it's showing around 8-17% and connecting at 1Mbps. Actual network performance is so degraded I can't even remote view the desktop from my own machine, and browsing the web is so sloooow it's not practical.
The laptop:
Is about 5m from the router, through an extra stud wall. It previously showed signal of about 80% and connected at 54Mbps. Now it shows 65% and connects at between 1-5Mbps.
Can anyone explain the degradation? My employer provides me with a Windows laptop and this is performing normally as I take is around the house and even from the back of my car earlier today which is parked on the drive outside...