Horrible wireless performance

[Entity]

A few days ago, I upgraded the drivers for my wireless card (Dell Truemobile 1150 MiniPCI). I've been having problems with inconsistent speeds ever since. For whatever reason, I was having a tough time connecting with the old drivers (don't know why), so I upgraded to the latest (A22) with the Dell client manager. In the process of trying to get everything working I told windows NOT to configure my wireless settings, and configured it with the Dell client manager.

Anyway, it connected (and connects) fine, but while the signal seems to stay strong (either good or excellent), the speed of the connection is pretty poor (1mb/s from sites rather than 3mb/s). I've tested speeds out on the same computer with a wired connection and the speeds are fine, so I know it's something with the wireless that is causing the problems. The card was working fine a week ago. Anyone have any advice?

Rob

 

[AFB]

What was it before?

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
What was it before?

The speed before? I never had any problems -- I'd get 3000mb/s from DSLReports and great performance in-lan. Now I get about 1mb/s max through either.

Rob

 

[Entity]

Well, I just tried reformatting (reinstalling from my IBM restore disk), and the problem is still there. I don't know why performance would be so bad now -- any ideas?

Other wireless clients in the house don't have problems.

Rob

 

[Entity]

Well, I've reformatted, reinstalled new drivers, changed the SSID, turned encryption off, and about a billion other things I can think of.

I've been having other problems with the laptop, so I'll see what it's like after IBM takes a look at it. If the problems remain maybe I'll just replace the card. :|

Rob

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Entity
Well, I've reformatted, reinstalled new drivers, changed the SSID, turned encryption off, and about a billion other things I can think of.

I've been having other problems with the laptop, so I'll see what it's like after IBM takes a look at it. If the problems remain maybe I'll just replace the card. :|

Rob

Have you tried not using the new drivers.

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: Entity
Well, I've reformatted, reinstalled new drivers, changed the SSID, turned encryption off, and about a billion other things I can think of.

I've been having other problems with the laptop, so I'll see what it's like after IBM takes a look at it. If the problems remain maybe I'll just replace the card. :|

Rob

Have you tried not using the new drivers.

Yup, same performance issues with either set of drivers. I've tried with old ones, new ones, and everything in between.

Rob