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  1. 05-04-2009 #1
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    Internet "Always slows down"

    OK, so the title is just a play on words as my ISP's slogan is something like "Never slows down", but it's not their fault, or I wouldn't be here!

    The problem is with my wireless connection. Specifically, it keeps "slowing down"! I understand that certain servers can only provide certain speeds, but I have a collection that I have found to always be able to provide my max - around 840 - 850 kb/s. One is a test page from the ISP itself, but none of them are relevant or important. The fact is that I will get what I should be getting (see above) for "x" amount of time, but suddenly ("x" is a random mount of time), the speed will drop down to around 110 - 120 kb/s, and often less (around 50 - 80 kb/s). I know it's not the server because everything get's slow - loading pages in Firefox, downloading from othert sites, etc.

    the reason I am 99% sure it's my connection and nothing else causing the problem is because if I right-click the network manager icon in the system tray (the thing that shows wireless strength), and disable wireless then enable it again, the download stops for a second (duh), and then shoots right back up to around my max again (I use wget, which is actully capable of continuing a download if inturrupted ) for "x" amont of time, and the cycle repeats. I don't remember ever seeing this happen before, so I'm really confused as to why on earth this would be happening!

    If anyone needs any more information, just ask. I would really like to get this fixed, because it's extremely annoying having to watch all my downloads and constantly be restarting the wireless!!
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    Have you tried to connect your computer via cable to your router to verify that it is the wireless and not something else?
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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    OK, that sounds like a logical idea, so I will try that. However, just for the record, I've been running off a live USB version of Ubuntu for the last while* (don't ask) and I haven't noticed any problems, so I'm 99.9% convinced it';s something to do with the configuration on my installed system.

    * a few hours - it's not related to this, and it's not because I have to, it's because I want to. I have the persistence turned on and I'm setting it up for a totally usable, portable environment with everything I do need installed, and everything I don't removed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Themer View Post
    OK, that sounds like a logical idea, so I will try that. However, just for the record, I've been running off a live USB version of Ubuntu for the last while* (don't ask) and I haven't noticed any problems, so I'm 99.9% convinced it';s something to do with the configuration on my installed system.

    * a few hours - it's not related to this, and it's not because I have to, it's because I want to. I have the persistence turned on and I'm setting it up for a totally usable, portable environment with everything I do need installed, and everything I don't removed.
    That makes sense. It kind of eliminates the hardware and ISP as a root cause, assuming that you are running the wireless off the USB drive.
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    Not to mention that under windows the problem also goes away. Well, of course, being iwndows, other problems fill in to take it's place, such as the max appearing to be only around 400 to 500 kb/s, but that's irrelevent - the fact is it doesn't slow down under any other OS (including the live USB)
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