Re: Belkin Pre-N notebook card problems

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In <43899a15_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 27 Nov 2005 22:05:49 +1050, "me here"
<gloaming_agnet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>From my experiences, poor network speed is most often due to firewall
>or antivirus settings.
>
>Turn them off and see how it performs.
>
>Eg. Avast antivirus reduces my network speed enormously if the network
>scanner module is enabled.
>
>Also make sure that the XP firewall is off.

Really, really bad idea! The XP Firewall is an important security tool that
doesn't measurably hurt performance. You might as well drive without brakes
so that you can go faster.

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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
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