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11-29-2009
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Getting a new wireless NIC...
...would this assist a friend of mine? He currently has an old network adapter, a Linksys WUSB11 v2.8, which appears to be a wireless b adapter with the most recent support having been in early 2004. I'm trying to determine if switching this out and acquiring a more recent (and wireless g adapter, to suit what his modem/router can support) would assist his speeds.
He has some comcast cable package or another - I'm uncertain as to what, for he isn't the one paying for it, as he's yet living at home. However, a Speakeasy test gave him these results: Download Speed: 3465 kbps (433.1 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 4254 kbps (531.8 KB/sec transfer rate) While the upload seems fine, his download speed is absolutely /horrible/. So too is he now and again (several times throughout the day) losing his connection entirely. He's had Comcast come by and supposedly check on the network infrastructure and the like several times, to no avail. Would the 1999-2004 adapter, or the wireless b usage (with a router that is capable of wireless g), potentially be part of the cause of his problems? 
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