InterWeb Speed Woes: 2 Computers, Linksys, Sympatico High-Speed

[DaveC426913]

You know, I am sure it's my imagination, but it sure seems as if unplugging the AC from my laptop to carry it into the other room short circuits the delay.

Like, it'll hang for 20 seconds, and I'll decide to go check the desktop. I'll unplug my laptop, and it will chug-a-chug-chug access the hard drive for 3 seconds. And then - zing - the page will load.

It's done this a dozen times now.

 

[DaveC426913]

Things seem to be calming down this time of night. My pings only time out every 30 or 40 requests. But I did determine that these ones are happening on both systems simultaneously .

 

[chroot]

Your laptop is hitting the disk during these "hangs?"

- Warren

 

[-Job-]

Have you tried changing the channel the wireless signal is on? If there's some other signal present causing interference then most likely the computer would still show connected status but data would not be routed correctly resulting in erratic behavior.

 

[Anttech]

I think your linksys is going mental..

Try updating the firmware..

1 * * 15 ms 192.168.1.1

15 ms is a long time, seems that either your router doesn't have the resources to reply or it can't for some reason..