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Leopard/Vista Conflict (Using Ralink drivers for RT257x/RT2671)


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I seem to have this problem in both Leopard and Snow Leopard.

The same usb dongle gives me the full bandwidth (~ 3.60Mbps) in windows but on OS X, I can only get around 1.20Mbps.

 

I've verified the speeds through various speed checkers online.

Sometimes, I do see the true speed but that's usually for a little while after the usb drivers are initialized. Thereafter, it defaults to the throttled speed.

 

I can't for the life of me figure out what causes this. I've messed around with all the advanced settings in the Ralink wireless utility to no avail.

Ok, so I managed to isolate the problem.

 

My internet connection speed is reduced as soon as a vista system joins the network. There seems to be some conflict over the wireless network between Leopard/Snow Leopard and Vista.

Once the vista machine leaves the network, I'm back to full internet speed on Mac.

 

I tried manually assigning LAN IPs on both machines but the problem still persists.

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