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    Problems with Broadcom wireless on dv2610us

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ECKS, Jun 27, 2008.

  1. ECKS

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    Hi,
    I have a Xp/Vista dualboot HP dv2610us notebook. I use the XP partition mainly, and everything seems fine. However, when I'm using wireless internet at my cousin's house, its extremely slow. Could it be the broadcom net card? Any site that's not google.com works slowly and times out eventually.

    Does anyone know which Broadcom card I have, and what drivers I could download to possibly update it? Or can anyone identify the problem?

    Thanks!

    -Dookie
     
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  2. times

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    im havn the same problem and im like 5ft form the router and it was never this slow with vista.
     
    times, Jun 27, 2008
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  3. nobscot6

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    you have the broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth


    here's the driver page link for your model and XP:

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3439333



    pls let us know what driver you are currently using for the nic card and if this page gives you an update for it.....

    let us know what your nic settings are......
     
    nobscot6, Jun 27, 2008
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  4. times

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    i thought i knew wot my problem was but after tryn speedtest.net and get wot i should be getn and then tryn a diff speed test and get half of wot i should be getn im still confused on to why im only getn half the speed after installing xp.
     
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    The Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver sp36684.exe is the same driver that I used on my dv2610us (from the dv2610us site), when I installed XP. My nic settings, how can I find that?

    Usually, the wireless works fine and fast at school and at my apartment. But when I'm here at my cousin's house, its slow as hell. They also use wireless on their laptops and desktops, with default settings I assume, and have no problems.

    So what should I do to increase my wireless connection speed? Also, can you identify which broadcom wlan card/chip I have in this dv2610us? System info and device manager says nothing except the brand of adapter.

    Thanks again!
     
    ECKS, Jun 27, 2008
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    i ended going back to vista so now my laptop connection wireless is maxing out again to around 6.0mps.dont know wot was wrong in xp only getn half the speed.owell
     
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    See if there's a firmware update for your cousin's wireless router. Also, if there are any 2.4GHz cordless phones in the vicinity turn them off (unplug, remove battery, salt and burn the bones, etc).
     
    brianstretch, Jun 27, 2008
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