"Tim" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have somehow succeeded in getting my little network to go with RADIUS and
> 802.1x. (OK, so its not too difficult :)
>
> The trouble is the bytes / second throughput is a bit down on what I was
> hoping for. I am getting around 1.3 MB/s on a G network that says Excellent
> signal strength and 54mbps.
>
> I am using TKIP / whatever other defaults are normal. CPU loading on both
> sides of the link when testing is marginal.
>
> I have tried some of the tweaks hinted at in some web articles IE setting to
> G mode only with no noticeable changes.
>
> The WAP is a D-Link device (DWL 2000 AP+) with the latest firmware. It is
> plugged into a 10/100 NIC directly for the moment.
>
> I have also checked the firmware / drivers for the other wireless adapters I
> have at hand which include a Dynalink WLG25USB (a USB 2 device - Device
> Manager says it is on an Intel 82801EB **USB2** Enhanced Host Controller).
> The other adapter is an Intel 2000BG inside an Asus laptop (Pentium M
> 1.8GHz). I have tried the latest Intel drivers which worked fine (the
> applications that came with it had many bugs during install so I made sure
> the apps were removed). I have also tried reverting back to the Asus issue
> drivers which are 2 versions prior. The throughput is about the same
> (1.3MBs) to both the laptop / intel or desktop / Dynalink.
>
> I do have both Machine authentication and User authentication setup as I
> mucked around trying to get the link running prior to logon by setting the
> driver Start to 2 with the idea that the machine (laptop & desktop) should
> authenticate first & :) it does.
>
> The client machines are both fully patched running XP SP2 without the latest
> WAP2 hotfix (I tried that and removed it). The server is running WIndows
> 2003 Server with RRAS and IAS, ISA, Exchange etc.
>
> This tends to make me think it is the access point.... but surely it has
> very little to do in such a config?
>
> Anyone?
>
> - Tim
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