Bigfoot Killer wireless card 1102 HELP!!!

i got my bigfoot card today, installed drivers, etc and in the bigfoot network manager it says im connected via wireless G. I have a wireless N router and i cant figure out how to get my new card to use wireless N, please help, +rep to anyone who can figure this out

 

You need to make sure your router is configured for N i saw nothing in the bigfoot card regarding this.

Dunno for your router, but configuration should be mostly the same. What router model you have?

Here it goes, this is what i did on my router to make sure i had N connectivity at 300mbps:

- Go to your wireless properties in the router and find your frequency.
- If you have a 5ghz router or a 2.5ghz router, i had more success with mine on 5ghz with more stable because there is a lot of 2.4ghz routers in my area, and mostly no 5ghz at all... check that 1st.
- Once you selected your frequency, select a channel that is not really used. Best to stick to automatic selection.
- Most important thing is to make sure your router is configured to use 802.11n protocol... most routers can use many, if you don't have N speeds and connectivity this might be because your router is configured to use 802.11b and 802.11g only... check this
- Second most important setting: Channel Width, make sure you set it to 20/40mhz... if it's only 20mhz, you won't get N speed, you need 40mhz for N speed... select 20/40 for most compatibility.

On my Bigfoot card, i saw no settings like i had on my Intel 6200 before to select channel width, but it probably depends on the driver version.

 

hey thanks for answering ill try that when i get home, i have a belkin 150n router and there arent any other wireless signals in my area. something strange though, in the bigfoot manager if i watch the signal type it bounces back and forth between 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz

 

Ok I give I'm a total noob at this,how do I set up the router to use N? I wasn't the one who set it up in the first place and now I can't figur out how to Change any of the settings. PLEASE help I don't want my 45 bucks to have gone to waste

 

Is this your router?

http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=492429

If this is your router then you are out of luck because it's not an N router, it's a G router... and if you head over to Amazon.com look at the poor reviews of people complaining about it not being a real Wireless-N router...

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Wirele...?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar

First of all, when you buy a wireless card that is more expensive than your router, don't expect to get connections out of the ordinary.. and buy the right product also... i would like to help, but if you only have a G router, you can't really do N on a G... sorry

 

no this is the one i have
Belkin N150 Wireless Router F9K1001
this is a N router right?

 

having flicked through the user manual for the N150, the user configuration GUI looks seriously dumbed down :\

on my belkin N router:

Belkin : Support : F5D8633 - User Manual

i simply open up IE/Firefox/Chrome and type 192.168.2.1; you'll need to then log in. Once logged in, just look to the left hand side and find the "wireless" link. Click it and it will allow to change various features pertaining to your wireless network such as channel/frequency band/network name etc. etc.

 

Like it was said, all you have to do is to connect to your router, go inside the configuration through:

http://router
http://192.168.2.1

Once on that, you have to find the wireless type, and make sure it's set to 802.11n and then the width should be set to 20/40 or 40 only... if it's 20 only you will get G speed.

Can't really do more, the manual for that router doesn't say much, maybe call Belkin support and request help... as i am sure your router is the culprit here and not the wireless Bigfoor card.

 

thanks guys ill try it tonite do you know if you can run wireless G and N at the same time?

 

You you can, your laptop will connect to the fastest one available if your router is well configured, of course.

 

Given people have these WiFi cards, does anyone know what the 2.4Ghz channel range on the Bigfoot cards are?

My original M11xR1 WiFi card is locked to USA and thus (1-11) which means I don't have WiFi channels 12 & 13 available.

May have been asked before as I keep remembering Japan (channel 14) but may be another forum.

America (1-11) rest of the world (1-13) *

Just wondering if the Bigfoot 1103 cards can be set to other countries and thus supporting extended channel range using a 2.4Ghz radio.

* Japan also include Channel 14.

 

I wish now I had the orig card to check. Seems I had the extra channels though. Interesting if so because its the same card type if I recall as other markets. This implies software/firmware lock which might be reversible.

 

@GNabdGS - Are we talking about the original M11x WiFi card here?

You think there may be a way to set a country type to ... anything other than USA?

Maybe I just never asked the question so nobody gave me an answer.
I just assumed that was that and the original card could not be changed.
Does anybody have anything other than USA in their country code in the WiFi advance options????

Still interested if the Bigfoot card has channel options above 11 also.

 

Ok we are in danger of off topic but I'll add some info.
My orig NIC: 118NJ LBL,REG,WRLES,DW1520,INSP,APCC

Dell Vostro 3700: Cannot connect to WiFi network on channel 13 S h o r t S t o r i e s
Flip Bits Not Burgers: SOLVED: 5GHz 802.11n networks not showing up with Dell DW1520 wireless-N adapter

Get your location value changed and likely all set.

Looks to me channels are not HW set so pending confirmation of Bigfoot channel options I'm gonna guess "yes".