[ltp] wireless stability

Laurent Gilson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:43:32 +0200


Hello,

> I have a R51, and use wireless out of the box. I use also XP on the same  
> computer, and notice that in ubuntu 5.10 wireless is very unstable, and  
> not unfrequently cuts off. Is there any patching that might be done to  
> increase the quality/stability?

Sure. Which of the 5 available WLAN chips do you have ?

> Something else that I like in xp and don't like in ubuntu is that it  
> doesnt' say how big the traffic flow is (until 52Mb/s).

run "iwconfig"

cu