Do you have any 802.11 b devices on there as they slow everything down (although should be faster than this - I presume you mean 200 kbit per second not 200 kbyte per second)?
There are no B devices on the network. Only my laptop and the AP which are both G devices. And I meant 200 kilo byte. 100Mbit/sec == ~10Mbyte/sec. So 54Mbit should equal ~6Mbyte/sec in ideal circumstances. But since it is wireless I figure I can't be overly optimistic. I'd be happy with 1MByte a second. Preferably 1.5Mbyte a sec as that would be enough to stream MPEG2 at DVD 1x speeds.
How long was this up for as I notice those excessive retries and missed beacon showing? [root(a)mobility ~]# iwconfig eth1 eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"FlindersLAN" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:13:10:9A:DD:9C Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-80 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:17 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
[root(a)mobility ~]# uptime 21:16:53 up 5 days, 53 min, 3 users, load average: 0.25, 0.26, 0.26
Have you tried changing the frequency that you use - I have had interference personally from my microwave and also TV transmitter (to beam Sky from one room to another) as these both work on 2.4 GHz range. You could also get inteference from another property.
How do you suggest I adjust that? Specifics would be nice.
How far apart are the devices and what sort of walls are in between?
Shouldn't make any difference really with modern gear. I would STRONGLY suggest changing to WPA-PSK for security as WEP is useless security.
So I hear. I'd like to use WPA but it requires extra software that doesn't come with FC4 and does't work (afaik) with NetworkManager. I don't really care too much about the security side of things. I use SSH or SSL for most security sensitive stuff anyway. Regards