Acer Aspire One slow Wi-Fi

David Artiss on 14th June 2011

This will possibly be my last post about my Acer Aspire One as I’ve now passed this onto my wife and I have a sparkly new laptop (more on that in a later post).

A known issue with the AA1 is that the Wi-Fi can be quite slow. This, as it turns out, is due to some overly aggressive power management.

  • Right click on My Computer and select Properties
  • Click on the Hardware tab and then the Device Manager Option
  • Expand the Network Adapters section. You should see an entry for the Atheros adapter. Right click on this and select Properties
  • Click on the Advanced tab
  • In the left hand column click on Power Save Mode and change the option on the side from Maximum to Off.
  • Finally, click OK and close Device Manager.

This is the workaround reported by many users and has certainly worked for me.

Posted by David Artiss

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2 Replies to “Acer Aspire One slow Wi-Fi”

  1. jOE 9th February 2012 at 12:20 am

    This information is not very useful, I don’t see “My Computer” at all on the Acer Apire 1 2011 model. I do see “Computer” I think these instructions need to be re-written.

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    1. David Artiss 9th February 2012 at 8:01 am

      Joe,

      This was written for the earlier Windows XP version – I assume yours has Windows 7. As I don’t have that version of the netbook I can’t verify whether it has the same problem OR whether the workaround is still correct. Certainly, new hardware and a new OS, if you’re having the same problems then I suspect it’s a totally different problem and solution.

      David.

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