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i HAVE A LINKSYS CABLE MODEM AND A LINKSYS ROUTER WITH SRX200 FOR WIRELESS
APPLICATIONS. THE LAPTOP I AM USING HAS A WIRELESS CARD,NO PROBLEM WHEN
SURFING THE NET BUT WHEN I TRY AND WEB CAM VIA MSN MY SYSTEM SLOWS DOWN AND
PICTURE FEED IS SLOW. ANY IDEAS/SOLUTIONS WOULD BE VERY HELPFULL

COSYG

Well of course it is going to be slow (it's wirless). I'm guessing your
using 802.11g. Even so that's only 54 mb. If your using 802.11b that's
even slower. 11mb. use a network cable and plugin and see if helps. If
so then thats the problem.

The cable connection is 5MB/s or so... the 802.11b would be 11MB/s - enough
band for one laptop. I would check that QoS packet scheduler is disabled -
since it reserves about 20% of bandwidth - and that UPnP is enabled in
router setup. Other places to check are: real up and down Internet
connection speed - plenty of websites for it - as well as TCP/IP registry
settings - use TCP Optimizer or such from cablemodem.com, for ex. The webcam
(hard/soft) might be slow also, not to mention Antivirus/firewall possible
slowdowns.
MSN Messenger has a Connection helper: Tools/Options/Connection/Advanced
Settings/Tcp/IP/Test; while there, check the "Save a connection log" for
more details.
Michael

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> Well of course it is going to be slow (it's wirless). I'm guessing your
> using 802.11g. Even so that's only 54 mb. If your using 802.11b that's
> even slower. 11mb. use a network cable and plugin and see if helps. If
> so then thats the problem.
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