[Arm-netbook] ARM system with good wifi

joem joem at martindale-electric.co.uk
Fri Sep 20 14:15:36 BST 2013


On Fri, 2013-09-20 at 09:00 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > could be driver problem, could be hardware problem (that system is not well
> > designed (balun, impendance etc)), could be antenna problem (you dont
> > transmit available power from system to air).
> 
> Exactly.  Hence my request: can someone recommend a system where the
> wifi works well?
> 
> > If you have USB stick like wifi adatper you probalby use MIFA antenna
> > and nobody said nothing good about this antenna even if you have
> > small house.
> 
> My USB stick (http://dx.com/p/117398) works OK, the problem is with the
> built-in wifi.
> 
> 
>         Stefan

FYI: The 2W device I mention gives 26mbits per second.
The access point is 100 meters away in a different building
to one I work. This with a x86 netbook.
In short if the device could do that, and you got lot less,
its drivers and/or cpu horse power that is keeping data
transfer rates low.



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