Linksys Wireless USB Adapter Troubles

[wannabjb]

Okay, frustrated wireless guy here. My roommate has a laptop with Windows XP and a wireless network card. I have a desktop with Windows XP and a USB adapter. My roommate and I are roughly the same distance from the router (his room is 10 feet further away from the router). All equipment is Linksys. His signal strength is never better than 'good' and oftentimes stands at 'low'. My signal strenght is 95% of the time listed as 'excellent'. He is currently surfing at much higher speeds, most times more than twice the speed. What gives? Does signal strength have anything to do with the speed of surfing? Is the fact that the adapter is connected via USB slowing me down?

Please help...

[classicsoftware]

I would say YES!!!.

Try a Non USB adapter and I'll bet you'll get better performance. I am NO fan of USB/ I know others disagree with me, but I would rather open the hood and put a PCI card in there than use USB for anything really important.

[jabarnutcase]

I'll second that...Dump the USB connection.
I've used both and the USB was nothing but trouble for me.

(Cable modem, linksys router) ;)