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wireless card causes freezes

post #1 of 7
10/28/06 at 12:19pm
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If I'm transferring data at a high speed over wireless, I get intermittent brief freezes. Has anybody experienced something similiar? Would replacing the card with something better help? I don't understand why there's a problem at all. This gigabyte card seems to do a lot in hardware so it shouldn't have this side-effect.
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post #2 of 7
10/28/06 at 9:58pm
What speed are you using and which wireless unit? IF you are using the "Turbo" mode - you can ALWAYS expect problems because of it's architecture and the likelyhood of interference for "outside" sources on wither of the two channels employed.
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post #3 of 7
10/29/06 at 1:10am
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I have a gigabyte GN-WIAG card. I'm connected at 54Mbps.
I suspect it may be related to encryption. It might be a problem if it's not being done in hardware. I'll have to see if switching encryption type will help.
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post #4 of 7
10/30/06 at 4:52am
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My theory proved wrong... it had nothing to do with encryption... what else could it be I wonder...
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post #5 of 7
10/30/06 at 12:37pm
Could be a Microwave, Airplane Communications, A neighbor's unit, or a variety of other such nonsense. Or, it could be a slight incompatability between the notebooks wireless card and the Router. I only use the wireless (same unit) when I absolutely have to - I wired my house because of the intermittent performance (I want real time steady performance).

In my case, every time someone used a Microwave, the unit underperformed - and that included my one neighbor.

You might try switching to a different channel - I think that Channel 11 was one of the defaults (4 or 5 was the other - not sure). Channel 7 or 8 improved stability a bit.
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post #6 of 7
10/30/06 at 6:22pm
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The problem is not connection stability though, it's computer stability. Dropping connection, etc I would understand but causing the system to freeze is suspicious. I did try switching channels yesterday just in case. I'll try connecting to a friend's router and see if it makes any difference.
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post #7 of 7
10/31/06 at 2:38am
"Causing the systemto freeze" - Now that wasn't mention before.

Is the system really "freezing" or is the device and the O/S's support of the device making it look like it's freezing.

With that said, I guess, I have no idea "what's up/or down".
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