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X420ACTIONX
04-09-2003, 06:25 PM
Does anyone else feel that the loading time on like 90% of internet pages is ridiculously slow and impractical? I use netfront on my nx70. I want to know if anyone else suffers from this as I do, and what I can do about it.
I think i have done everything possible such as: disabling cache, getting rid of pictures and animation, etc. What else could be helpful??
n2ifp
04-09-2003, 07:45 PM
Ah, my favorite app...

How are you connecting?

If you have the WL100 WiFi card, in the Clie under network, wireless, advanced settings, make sure PowerSaveOn is unchecked. That will kill you throughput or kill it altogether.
sheik28
04-09-2003, 09:36 PM
Originally posted by n2ifp
Ah, my favorite app...

How are you connecting?

If you have the WL100 WiFi card, in the Clie under network, wireless, advanced settings, make sure PowerSaveOn is unchecked. That will kill you throughput or kill it altogether.

I know you love netfront..LOL I just have a question...

Why does powersave kill throughput?
Puppy
04-09-2003, 09:47 PM
It must throttle back the transmission power or something. At any rate, it lists disabling that as one of the steps you can do if you're having slow transmission rates.
n2ifp
04-09-2003, 10:06 PM
Sorry, I don't remember the exact specifics as the name of the option was supposedly a misnomer. Others in the past who have had difficulty with throughput unchecked the option and their speeds picked up dramatically. PC World Magazine had an article on it which explained why it was so. I didn't try to remember why, only remember that everyone was better off without it enabled. Additionally it would case connection dropouts on marginal signals. In my brother's and my case, when the PowerSaveOn is checked, we can't even connect to the Linksys WAPII at home here!
UI018397
04-09-2003, 10:44 PM
Originally posted by sheik28


I know you love netfront..LOL I just have a question...

Why does powersave kill throughput?

Different vendor has different interpretation and implementation the standard.
In the worse case, your WiFi card will need to poll every single frame from the access point.
n2ifp
04-09-2003, 10:48 PM
Yeah, that was it, the polling!

Thanks UI018397!!
X420ACTIONX
04-10-2003, 12:34 AM
not to sound stupid but what does "throughput" and "polling" mean?
UI018397
04-10-2003, 12:38 AM
Throughput is a measure of the amount of data successfully transfered in a time unit.

Polling is like asking "are we there yet ?"
until you finally get there. :)