Vista - Wireless is Slow

I have two laptops one runs XP the other Vista, connecting wirelessly
to a Linksys WA54GS router.

On the XP laptop I can download at roughly 2000 kbps but on the Vista
laptop the best I can do is a measly 800 kbps.

Both laptops are within 10ft of the router with no obstructions, and I
am updating every day from Windows Updates.

I tried turning off the firewall, and turning off IPv6 but these made
no difference.

Anyone know how I can get my wireless speed up?

--
TF

please post the text output of

ipconfig /all

run from a command prompt

do you have the most current Vista driver for the wireless card? is
the router running the latest firmware?

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:26:40 +0000, Trash Folder
<trash@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:56:09 -0500, Barb Bowman <barb@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Ok here tis...

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : john-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WAG54GS

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG54GS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007EG Wireless
Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-9E-5F-63-1D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::fd6b:1655:af62:e905%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 16 December 2007 12:36:36
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 17 December 2007 12:36:36
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184556446
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.159.6.10
212.159.6.9
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG54GS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E
Fast Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-38-A7-FC-0D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::cd92:7615:a258:5552%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 16 December 2007 15:37:40
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 17 December 2007 15:37:40
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333560
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.159.6.10
212.159.6.9
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4136:e38a:141c:39c3:3f57:fefc(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::141c:39c3:3f57:fefc%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG54GS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.WAG54GS
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.3%11(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.5%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.159.6.10
212.159.6.9
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Yes according at least to the driver page in the device manager. I
clicked the update driver button and it was unable to find a newer
driver.
Not sure. I'm looking into that now, but I can't find anything newer
on Linksys' website.


--
TF

according to what you posted, you have both the wired Ethernet and
the wireless connected simultaneously. the Realtek wired adapter is
showing as active with an IP.

can you unplug the wired connection please.

what happens when only the wireless is active?

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:34:52 +0000, Trash Folder
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:43:02 -0500, Barb Bowman <barb@xxxxxx>
wrote:
No better I'm afraid - still less than half the expected speed. I
actually attached the Ethernet cable because the wireless connection
was slow. I also tried turning off the autotune but again it's still
very slow. Here's the output of ipconfig /all after a reboot with the
ethernet cable unplugged

Oh and thanks for taking a look at this!

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : john-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WAG54GS

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG54GS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007EG Wireless
Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-9E-5F-63-1D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::fd6b:1655:af62:e905%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 16 December 2007 19:59:07
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 17 December 2007 19:59:06
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184556446
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.159.6.10
212.159.6.9
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG54GS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E
Fast Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-38-A7-FC-0D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4136:e38e:10b9:1f69:3f57:fefa(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::10b9:1f69:3f57:fefa%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG54GS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.WAG54GS
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.5%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.159.6.10
212.159.6.9
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

--
TF

2 things, set the router to G only and on the computer, turn off
IPv6 again.

how are you testing the wireless?

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:15:33 +0000, Trash Folder
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:04:14 -0500, Barb Bowman <barb@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Ok tried it but it wasn't any better.
Initially I noticed there was a problem when the Media Center software
on my Xbox 360 was very slow. Then I tried using the speed tester on
my ISP's web page which downloads a file to your computer and reports
the d/l speed. After that I tried connecting the Ethernet cable and
testing the XP computer to determine that the problem was with the
wireless.

Since my last message I've had a chance to try another router (Netgear
DG834GT) and the performance is no better, but curiously this router
has a 108 Mbs USB wireless dongle and when I use that the speed shoots
up, and is very acceptable.

So the problem appears to be in the wireless interface on the
computer, but at the moment I can't think of anything else to try.
--
TF

please go into device manager and get the version #/dates of the
driver components for the Atheros wireless.

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:39:43 +0000, Trash Folder
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Barb Bowman
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:23:52 -0500, Barb Bowman <barb@xxxxxx>
wrote:
The driver is 7.3.1.61 dated 14/7/2007. The device manager reports
that this is the most up to date driver however tonight I found
7.3.1.109 on the Toshiba website. I gave it a try but it didn't help,
and might even have been slower. There are no conflicts reported in
the device manager dialog, and it also says that the device is working
correctly. Tricky isn't it :-)

--
TF

Interesting, there was an update on WU for my Ferrari 5000 Atheros
AR5006EXS NIC in the past 2 weeks or so - 7.3.1.127. Atheros
provides a universal driver that covers all of their chipsets (but
some vendors, (including apparently Toshiba) opt out of having this
universal driver cover wireless NICs in their laptops.

If you do a Google search for

atheros 7.3.1.127 driver

you'll find several sources like
http://www.start64.com/index.php?opt...546&Itemid=105



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