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gkhewitt · 11-04-2005, 18:57

Hi guys

I have a tablet PC that I use wirelessly at work. I have recently taken to using it at home, and since we don't have a wireless access point at the moment, I have bridged the wireless card in my desktop with the main LAN and use the tablet on the network at home that way.

However, it only connects at 1mbps. The desktop is a 54g card, and although the tablet is only 11b, it should still connect at 11mbps, surely?

I've looked through all the settings on both machines and I can't see anything that's limiting the speed.

Has anyone else experienced this and got any ideas, or is it a limitiation of ad-hoc networks that they only works at 1mbps?

11-04-2005, 18:57	#1
gkhewitt Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 128	Ad-hoc Wireless Hi guys I have a tablet PC that I use wirelessly at work. I have recently taken to using it at home, and since we don't have a wireless access point at the moment, I have bridged the wireless card in my desktop with the main LAN and use the tablet on the network at home that way. However, it only connects at 1mbps. The desktop is a 54g card, and although the tablet is only 11b, it should still connect at 11mbps, surely? I've looked through all the settings on both machines and I can't see anything that's limiting the speed. Has anyone else experienced this and got any ideas, or is it a limitiation of ad-hoc networks that they only works at 1mbps?