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    TXN laptop slow with internet download

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by lyadams, Mar 14, 2008.

  1. lyadams

    lyadams Newbie

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    I have a VGN-TXN15P and internet connection works fine in most places, except for my boyfriends place. He has a Linksys and the internet connection is at the same speed as his laptop with no interruption, but it just downloads and downloads - 5 minutes and I just get impatient. He has no problem on his laptop. Any thoughts out there as it's really a pain. (FYI: I'm use XP)
    Thanks for the help! :)
     
    lyadams, Mar 14, 2008
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    lyadams Newbie

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    Bumping just to see if anyone out there has any ideas. If not, I'll just keep working on it.

    thanks!
     
    lyadams, Mar 17, 2008
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    PWR Notebook Guru

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    What type of connection to the Linksys router – wireless (WLAN 802.11b/g) or even network cable?
    Especially wifi depends on many things - notebook wireless hardware, wireless driver, signal strength, router hardware, router firmware, encryption and other wifi settings.
    I've had my share of problems with different hard- and software on both Windows and Linux.
    Installing latest wireless drivers on the notebook and/or latest router firmware helped in many cases.
     
    PWR, Mar 17, 2008
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