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Sluggish WiFi Connections Hurt Everyone

Posted by timothy on from the salt-well-the-sluggish-users dept.

MindNumbingOblivion writes "Wireless technology has revolutionized access to local area networks when one can't always be close to an ethernet jack. But a recent research paper from the French Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique tells how one slow user accessing a hot point can hurt the whole group. Apparently the very nature of CSMA/CD guarantees such anomalies. Here's the story, and here's the release from CNRS (in French)."

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  1. Yeah but so does.... by BWJones · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sluggish WiFi Connections Hurt Everyone

    Typing le courrier electronique or "courrier" instead of email also slows everyone down.

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  2. Now we just need some way to kick slow users off by Qzukk · · Score: 5, Funny

    It could even have a message that would pop up reading:

    You are the slowest link. Goodbye!

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  3. I could have had first post, but nooo... by miguel_at_menino.com · · Score: 5, Funny


    I could have had first post, but unfortunately, another user on this hotspot has caused the network to slow down for some reason.

  4. In other words. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    * LEET_POWERBOOK_1400 has joined server WIFI_POINT
    <ibm_thinkpad> omfg lag
    <LEET_POWERBOOK_1400> hi does this map have the bfg ?
    <dell_dimension> boot the lpb
    <iBook> boot leet_powerbook_1400
    * ibm_thinkpad has initiated a vote to kick LEET_POWERBOOK_1400
    * Vote to kick LEET_POWERBOOK_1400 was successful (6 for, 1 against, 1 abstain)
    * LEET_POWERBOOK_1400 has been kicked from server WIFI_POINT
    <dell_dimension> ah much better
    * dell_dimension was gibbed by iBook's rocket