Hello,
Fairly new to the driver scene, so please bear with me.
I have a new ASUS laptop with an Atheros AR928X adapter. I have no trouble with signal strength where I am, but the internet seems quite slow. I am close to the router but I notice lag, high latency and slow speeds when loading websites, streaming media on Youtube or playing online games. I heard that updating the driver can help performance, so I am here looking for a newer version, which I found. But... will that suffice? Should I be tweaking something else, instead?
Would the modded drivers be better for this, increasing throughput and bandwidth? Is that a better option?
Also, the adapter seems to run only in 11b and seems to have no option to switch to 11g, despite the description claiming that it is capable of 11g.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Gregory
Need help with internet speed on Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
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, Nov 07 2009 07:09 AM
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 11:52 AM
Running 11b your issue is your router, check here first.
11b = 11Mbps
11g or a = 54Mbps
11n= 300Mbps
11b = slow depending on what kind of internet you have
11b = 11Mbps
11g or a = 54Mbps
11n= 300Mbps
11b = slow depending on what kind of internet you have
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 06:18 AM
Thanks.
However, I have another adapter that I purchased. It's an external Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11 b/g, and when this one is connected, I get the 11g connectivity with the same router. Do you think upgrading to the v7.7.0.396 driver would help the problem? Are the v8 series drivers more recommended than the v7 ones?
However, I have another adapter that I purchased. It's an external Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11 b/g, and when this one is connected, I get the 11g connectivity with the same router. Do you think upgrading to the v7.7.0.396 driver would help the problem? Are the v8 series drivers more recommended than the v7 ones?
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 08:11 PM
You can try, I doubt it.
11n was added way back with v7 drivers so 11g was already well established by then
You have a major issue somewhere that is not driver related.
11n was added way back with v7 drivers so 11g was already well established by then
You have a major issue somewhere that is not driver related.
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Posted 17 November 2009 - 08:49 PM
I'm having the exact same issue with ubuntu 9.10 and my ASUS g71 with the AR928X. I can connect, but everything is very very slow. I'm poking around trying to find a solution and I'm not having much luck. I've installed the wicd network manager based on a posting and that didn't seem to improve anything.
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 06:02 PM
You should upgrade to the latest v8 drivers as well as upgrade your router firmware.Thanks.
However, I have another adapter that I purchased. It's an external Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11 b/g, and when this one is connected, I get the 11g connectivity with the same router. Do you think upgrading to the v7.7.0.396 driver would help the problem? Are the v8 series drivers more recommended than the v7 ones?
