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Old Dec 3, 2007, 03:37 AM   #1
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Is there ANY way at all to force a specific Link Speed..

trying to diagnose my connection issues i've come across something rather interesting.

My packetloss to the router gets worse as the link speed increases... and of course, windows automatically tries to get the best conneciton possible.....

when the link speed is sitting @ 12MB/s or less, i get unintrupted and fast internet..

the moment it jumps to anything higher, 18-24-54mbps..... it gets worse, just sitting @ 24mbps web pages are coming up 99% of the time can't be found, or loading half as fast as dialup....


So in figuring, i should be able to set a maximum link speed somehow right?
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Old Dec 3, 2007, 04:11 AM   #2
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Should be on the router side. In my case it's listed as "Transmission Rate", but I've seen it labeled as a few different things like Link Speed or Data Rate, and I've also seen routers that have an up stream and down stream (or reverse stream) rate adjustment settings.

BTW, do you run your router in a mixed mode, such as b/g mixed? If you are, yet don't have any b devices, try changing that to g only (or if it's there, enable g protection). Some routers can act a bit funny trying to support both, and by switching to g only mode corrects a lot of those issues. Even if you don't use b devices others outside your network could have, and just by them trying to get onto your network can cause problems.

Edit: come to think of it, some NICs have settings as well that you can use. I know Intel has some specific mixed mode protection settings, as well as transmission rate settings, and what not. For that you have to go into the network card properties, and select to configure the card.
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thing is.... er... .cough....

i'm stealing random wireless signals.. which ever is giving me the better result at the time.

so i can't access the router and change any settings.... actually i prefer not to ... (that's pure evil vs what i'm doing lol)

I'm using a PCI adapter.... i was hoping for some kinda of adjustment within windows itself....


either way, in an attempt to prossibly improve my circumstances..

guess what, even with my UPS being nearly a good 3-4 feet away from the adapter and it's 19db+ booster....... moving just the booster cable itself further away from the UPS helped incredibly......

first the UPS was causing havoc with crossfire, now it's causing great issues with my wireless lol.....
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Awe...stealing is bad...mmmkay
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.. meh.. there not using it at all often..

actually i sold the guy the router... i set it up and secured it up...

he's gone 3/4s of the month at a time .....
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Seems your only option is to see what options are available in the adapters properties. As I mentioned I know Intel has a bunch you can fool with, and one was specifically to do with transmission rate (looking at it as I type this). Unfortunately I can't remember what some of the other manufacturers use.
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lol.. it's an airlink PCI wireless car... using the RT61 chipset...

i looked all over the place .. properties.. the works...

i just have to face it and breaking down anything i've got to get a wired connection lol
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*gasp* so running a cord all the way to the router you are stealing from lol jk
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no no..
the cable the runs from my wireless PCI card.... to a 19+db Booster, it's a tiny itty bitty cable about 3 feet long at most.... and it was draped over the side of my case (it's sitting on top of it).... the side it was draped over was above the UPS i had.... so flipping it over to the other side of the case, instantly resolved 90% of my issues....

i've yet to have a signal disconnect or massive packetloss...

went from 25-75% packetloss down to 1-5%
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