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    Acer 5102WLMi Wireless Adapter

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Jimmyray, Oct 15, 2006.

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    Jimmyray Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone this is my First Acer product and its way better than the gateway i have but the Wireless Adapter i had a 6MB connection speed and when i do a Speed test on it. it says i only have a 3MB connection speed but when i put it on wired it says i have a 6MB connection speed and on my gateway Wireless Adapter it says i have a 6MB connection speed does this Acer Wireless Adapter have some kind of power Saveing thing on it that cuts the data Transmissions or anything elese can anyone help me with this problem cause i dont wanna pay for internet that i dont use and would like to get all my speed to my Wireless Adapter thanks
     
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    Jimmyray, could you provide some more details?

    1. Which piece of software are you using to measure the speed?
    2. Does it make it clear what the units are - i.e. is it 6MBps (megabytes per second) or 6Mbps (megabits per second)?
    3. What is the claimed maximum speed of you broadband connection?
    4. Do you know what type of wireless router you have? (eg 802.11b, 802.11g)
    5. Is the notebook in the same room as the wireless router?

    If you can answer some or all of the above, I may be able to help further.

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    Jimmyray Notebook Enthusiast

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    1. www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ and www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ both of these places Claim that i only have 3Mbps connection that answers question #2 its Mbps my Claimed Max of my Broadband is 6Mbps which is bellsouth and every computer in the house reaches that speed and i have a Linksys wireless G router and yes my notebook is in the same room
     
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    I presume the other computers in the house are wireless, in which case is a little odd that your laptop is not running at full speed.

    It's possible that you may have some form of power saving on your WiFi adaptor. Just to rule it out, I suggest you connect the laptop to the router using an ethernet cable, disable wireless and try the speed test again.

    Also, does your Aspire have the ePower Management software? If so, try setting it to maximum performance and trying again.

    Finally, one last thing to try (before emailing Acer!) would be to try the speed test with your laptop right next to the router, just to rule out signal strength problems. Before you do this, make sure that no other computers in the house are using their wireless connections.

    Other than the above, I'm stumped!
     
    slogan, Oct 16, 2006
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