Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Adam <adam@××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:20:49
Message-Id: 4BD43367.3000105@jaftan.com.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB by Mick
1 > Check that you have disabled 802.11b on your router, or you may find that an
2 > adjacent client who's running 802.11b will drag your router down to 11Mb/s max
3 > (the actual throughput will be lower).
4
5 Router is already fixed to g only.
6
7 > While you're experiencing the lower downloads you can run iwlist <iface> scan
8 > to see the speed at which your NIC is connecting at. If it is 802.11g it'll
9 > say so:
10
11 Thanks, i can see my own router (Cell 01) and three others, looks like I
12 should try channel 13. I can't see the speed shown in the output tho.
13
14 wlan0 Scan completed :
15 Cell 01 - Address:
16 Channel:1
17 Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
18 Quality=69/70 Signal level=-41 dBm
19
20 Cell 02 - Address:
21 Channel:1
22 Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
23 Quality=32/70 Signal level=-78 dBm
24
25 Cell 03 - Address:
26 Channel:6
27 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
28 Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
29
30 Cell 04 - Address:
31 Channel:6
32 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
33 Quality=48/70 Signal level=-62 dBm

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Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN speed either 800KB or 3MB Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>