WiFi (802.11G) connection at 1 mb/s only!

[Maciej Boniecki]

In my house I have got small WiFi network based on 802.11G standard. My
AP is Linksys WAG54G. When I am connecting to it from my Toshiba
Satellite A50-512 notebook (Windows XP Home Edition + SP2) Windows shows
me that connection established at 54 mb/s but sometimes after for
example 10 minutes of usage I see that connection speed was reduced to
1 mb/s. First I thought that this is problem with antena signal, but it
isn't. The signal is very good. Does anyone have an idea how can I fix this?

 

[Bob Willard]

In my house I have got small WiFi network based on 802.11G standard. My
AP is Linksys WAG54G. When I am connecting to it from my Toshiba
Satellite A50-512 notebook (Windows XP Home Edition + SP2) Windows shows
me that connection established at 54 mb/s but sometimes after for
example 10 minutes of usage I see that connection speed was reduced to 1
mb/s. First I thought that this is problem with antena signal, but it
isn't. The signal is very good. Does anyone have an idea how can I fix
this?

WiFi nodes ratchet down the data rate when they see errors. If the signal
strength is continuously very good, as seen by both end nodes, then the
most likely problem is interference: maybe other WiFi links in your
vicinity, maybe cellphones, etc. Moving the notebook around can also
cause signal degradation.

 

[John E. Carty]

You may want to try going into device Manager and expanding the Network
Adapters. Double-Click your wireless adapter and look for an Advanced tab.
From there see if you have power mode options and set the power to the
highest setting. Sometimes power management causing the exact symptoms
you're describing

 

[adrian]

sounds like you have a network shared bridge enabled. try
deleting it and you should see 54mb/sec. That fixed my
network anyways...