an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

Hi,
I hope this post is ok for this group.

Here's my deal:

I have two computers on my LAN at home.
One desktop. One laptop.
Both computers are wireless enabled (and wired enabled too).

I have running a fairly simple HTTP server (written in python) that i
can run on either computer.
When the computers are wired, everything is cool, no matter which
computer is the server.
But when the computers are wireless, it does matter which computer is
the server.
If the laptop is the server, the server is super slow at serving pages.
If the desktop is the server, then everything's fine (i.e. fast).

Here are the conditions i tested the server under.

1)
Laptop wired, client
Desktop wired, server
GREAT!
webpage served in 2 seconds

2)
Laptop wired, server
Deskop wired, client
GREAT!
webpage served in 2 seconds

3)
Laptop wireless, client
Desktop wireless, server
GREAT!
webpage served in 2 seconds

4)
Laptop wireless, server
Desktop wireless, client
CRAP!
webpage served in 90 seconds


What the heck is happening?
What could be causing the slowdown in only one direction?
Specifically, why is the server so slow when the laptop is wireless,
but not when the desktop is wireless?
And computer speed cannot matter here, right, since, in the wired
conditions, both computers performed equally.


The server is almost entirely based on the server found at:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/259148



If anyone has a clue, please tell.
Thanks,
jojoba

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Client Deployment
    ... Disable the wired eternet card in the Device Manager on the laptop and try ... I am running DHCP over a wired / wireless network from a Linksys Firewall ... the DHCP server on the SBS 2003 server is disabled. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Computer advice please?
    ... The new laptop will be mine. ... I just picked up the contract here in San Antonio to put wireless Internet in to all of the Applebee's here. ... When I was living with John & Rose we had 3 computers in the house and I ran nearly 200 feet of CAT5 hooking up a network... ... my serious prolem with DELL is that they are Pentium dependant... ...
    (alt.gathering.rainbow)
  • Re: Cannot access server shares
    ... For some reason, following hibernation, the vpn and offline files works but network shares cannot be reached. ... All offline files are maintained on the sbs and sync with the laptop without difficulty. ... Both machines have private IPs ...103 for the server and .22 for the laptop. ... All client machines are wireless and have Windows firewall running, with partial control by group policy. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Screwey Headers/Letterhead
    ... I will work on getting Admin rights to access the server in this manner. ... We have a total of 4 computers all on one server with 2 locations. ... exclusively at location A. One laptop regularly travels between A and B. ... We use an image in the header and footer of doc's to create a letterhead. ...
    (microsoft.public.word.pagelayout)
  • Re: Cannot browse Windows 2k3 AD shares from Ubuntu 8.04
    ... 2k3 Server AD network. ... My laptop, running 7.10 connects and accesses the ... I can access some computers but not the file server, ...
    (Ubuntu)
Loading