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 selectProperties
- Click on the
Hardware
tab and then theDevice Manager
Option - Expand the
Network Adapters
section. You should see an entry for the Atheros adapter. Right click on this and selectProperties
- Click on the
Advanced
tab - In the left hand column click on
Power Save Mode
and change the option on the side fromMaximum
toOff
. - Finally, click OK and close Device Manager.
This is the workaround reported by many users and has certainly worked for me.
2 replies on “How to fix slow Wi-Fi on an Acer Aspire One”
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.
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.