an intriguing wifi http server mystery...please help

[Timothy Smith]

Paul McNett wrote:

>jojoba at gmail.com wrote:
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>>1)
>>Laptop wired, client
>>Desktop wired, server
>>GREAT!
>>webpage served in 2 seconds
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>>2)
>>Laptop wired, server
>>Deskop wired, client
>>GREAT!
>>webpage served in 2 seconds
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>>3)
>>Laptop wireless, client
>>Desktop wireless, server
>>GREAT!
>>webpage served in 2 seconds
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>>4)
>>Laptop wireless, server
>>Desktop wireless, client
>>CRAP!
>>webpage served in 90 seconds
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>>What the heck is happening?
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>Please post your routing tables and, if you are referencing your server machine 
>by name, your name server addresses (/etc/resolv.conf on Linux).
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i'm inclined to agree, your client and server might be taking totally 
different routes to get to each other and hence the 90ms