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Jaws replied

5 October 2009, 11:23
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

I've come to the conclusion that the driver for the Atheros wireless built into the Acer Aspire R3600 is not working 100% under Windows 7.

Hopefully a proper Windows 7 driver will be released soon and it will be able to cope with more than 1 mbit bandwidth.

Googling shows lots of angry people with an Atheros wireless and slow connections.

I have the same setup (including a 54MBps router). I didn't run a speed test but I get the usual 10MBps download speeds I get on my desktop. Windows 7 installed a wireless driver for it when it was set up initially and despite quite a weak signal there is no problem. I used the Action Pack Windows 7 DVD to install.
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PingPing replied

4 October 2009, 08:02
You could try using Wireshark to help in the diagnosis of your networking problem. If you're not familiar with using Wireshark then I'd recommend reading Practical Packet Analysis by Chris Sanders. Even though Wireshark comes from a *nix background, it's been ported to Windows and the aforementioned book explains how to use it under both platforms.
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vetran replied

30 September 2009, 20:37
yep if you are too tight to buy a proper raid card windows assumes the worst.

Was that M$ protecting its users?
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Sysman replied

30 September 2009, 14:58
Originally posted by bogeyman View Post

There's a registry hack though...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Reliability\RunLikeBuggeryButCrashOften = 1

Wasn't someone here saying that C: drives are pegged to run more slowly than other disks so that Winders could run more reliably?

Ah, here we go:

NB C: drives on windows servers are deliberately slowed down for disk writes (protection against power fail), D Drive is not so expect better read / write.

Can someone explain the logic there to me please?
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Bright Spark replied

30 September 2009, 14:39
Try disabling the HomeGroup and see if it helps.
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bogeyman replied

30 September 2009, 11:35
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

"This behaviour is by design" - Microsoft Knowledge Base.

There's a registry hack though...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Reliability\RunLikeBuggeryButCrashOften = 1
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DimPrawn replied

30 September 2009, 09:13
I've come to the conclusion that the driver for the Atheros wireless built into the Acer Aspire R3600 is not working 100% under Windows 7.

Hopefully a proper Windows 7 driver will be released soon and it will be able to cope with more than 1 mbit bandwidth.

Googling shows lots of angry people with an Atheros wireless and slow connections.
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daviejones replied

30 September 2009, 07:13
Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post

We're on page 2 and no one has suggested you need a Mac. Not even Fitzy.

Sorry dude, YOU NEED A MAC!!!

Happy?

P.S. It's true, they just work...
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Spacecadet replied

29 September 2009, 21:19
Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post

We're on page 2 and no one has suggested you need a Mac. Not even Fitzy.

Is the Mac to protect him from all the anti-windows frothing?
I can definitely see how the waterproof properties will come in handy there!
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Shimano105 replied

29 September 2009, 19:21
We're on page 2 and no one has suggested you need a Mac. Not even Fitzy.
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Cliphead replied

29 September 2009, 17:30
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

I've installed Linux and now Internet Explorer has vanished!

And suddenly it all became clear...
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DimPrawn replied

29 September 2009, 15:29
I've installed Linux and now Internet Explorer has vanished!
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Sysman replied

29 September 2009, 14:37
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

"This behaviour is by design" - Microsoft Knowledge Base.
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NickFitz replied

29 September 2009, 14:10
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Have new PC running Windows 7 Pro... Consistent but slow.

"This behaviour is by design" - Microsoft Knowledge Base.
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Cliphead replied

29 September 2009, 13:52
Linux Mint 7 (and 6, 5), will see the wireless card and everything else. Latest Ubuntu does as well
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