• bolle
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Topic: Wireless takes 20 + seconds to connect...

Im on an HP Mini 210 laptop
BF43XXX wireless chipset
My boot time is probably around 20 seconds or less,
buttt
i wait around another 20 seconds for my wireless to connect..

how can i speed this up..
when friends come over and i turn on my laptop to show them the speed.. i dont want to be  waiting almost 50 seconds to get to youtube!

thanks !

I once installed gentoo. It asked me for a sacrifice and would not install itself unless I gave him my neighbor's first born and my best bottle of Whiskey.  -Awebb 2011
  • Val_B
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Re: Wireless takes 20 + seconds to connect...

Which program are you using to connect to wireless (Knetworkmanager, Wicd, nm-applet, etc)? And does the slow connection happen with the others too or just one program.

If it is a computer wide issue (it happens with multiple programs) then my next question would be what sort of signal strength do you have? My Ralink card takes a very long time ~30 secs or so to connect if the signal strength is less than 30%. However it connects in about 2 seconds even with WPA2 encryption @ 100% strength.

If the signal is good and it still happens with all programs then I would suggest seeing if other peoples (or another one of your own) computers take a  long time to connect to your network wirelessly, It is possible that something is configured wrong...

  • bolle
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Re: Wireless takes 20 + seconds to connect...

Im using network manager (nm-applet)
And i know that it isnt anything with the signal strength because once nm-applet starts, it says no wifi network found, and then 15 seconds later it shows my wireless  connections..
i dont think its the wifi, but rather the program

I once installed gentoo. It asked me for a sacrifice and would not install itself unless I gave him my neighbor's first born and my best bottle of Whiskey.  -Awebb 2011
  • ali
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Re: Wireless takes 20 + seconds to connect...

i noticed wicd starts connecting before the system is even usable
nm-applet only started connecting only after everything was loaded

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  • bolle
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Re: Wireless takes 20 + seconds to connect...

ill check it out, thanks guys.

I once installed gentoo. It asked me for a sacrifice and would not install itself unless I gave him my neighbor's first born and my best bottle of Whiskey.  -Awebb 2011