T500: WiFi speed

Does anyone have a problem with their T500 wifi speed? I connect only at about 280kbps but my other laptop on the same nework connects at 2mbps.
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Message Edited by Agotthelf on 07-04-2009 08:59 AM

My experiences with Lenovo technical support isn't a great one as well - most of them have no idea what I am talking about and treat me as I know nothing about computers. I am also not impressed with their depot service - seems like they would do nothing but erase your data without telling you about it and then send your computer to somewhere else and mess everything up...
Anyways....
As I have said earlier, have you tried an update at the wireless drivers?
If you are using the Intel WiFi Link cards, you can get the latest drivers here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Filter_Results.aspx?strOSs=All&strTypes=All&ProductID=3062&lang=eng&...
Let me know if that helps.
Message Edited by swg0101 on 04-10-2009 05:13 PM

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