Linksys WRT350N and Intel 4965 agn

I need help!

I own a linksys WRT350n wireless router with the latest firmware 1.03.7. I just purchased two new Lenove t61 laptops with Intels 4965 agn wireless access. I can connect at G speeds but not at N speeds. When I search for access points it lists the WRT350N as an N point, but will only connect at G speed.

I have an older Dell with an Intel N card in the slot and it works fine at N speeds.

Any ideas?

 

11n prefers WPA2 with AES auth, If your using TKIP, need to change it to AES (personal).

Should be an advanced port setting to 11n only.

Did you upgrade the intel drivers.

 

I'm not running any security for the moment. (I'm out in the county and no neighbors for a 1/4 mile or so.) I'm running the latest Intel drivers and tried setting to N only. 4965 agn can't find the access point in N only config.

Anyone with anyother thoughts?

 

Check your advanced settings on the NB. Go through every option. You should have a option on freq (2.4 or 5) on the intel. Make sure the router and it are on the same one. At this time if nothing works I would add WPA2 AES/personal as a test. The spec was setup with it in place. The other thought that comes to mind is your router indicates v1 firmware where all current version are shipped with v2 spec. Maybe your NB is v2 and the 2 do not like each other.

 

I'll configure the security setting to WPA2 AES/ personal as a test. While the router is v.1 firmware it is updated with the latest drivers and is supposed to be draft 2 compatible.

Thanks

 

After careful reconfiguration of every parameter configurable between the laptop and the WRT350N, it will either not connect at N speeds or will at G and below. The laptop recognizes the router is N, but will only connect at G speeds.

I will use it as a spare (dust collector) and buy a dLink Dir-655. We shall see how that works.

Thanks for the thoughts.

 

Do you have any cordless phones using the 2.4ghz bandwidth?

 

Do you have anything else using wireless G access? I've heard that most Wireless N routers will downscale all connections to G (2.4 range) if any one node is using it.

 

Wouldn't that be a bit... useless?

I can see why they might have to do it, though. The 2.4GHz band is congested and 802.11n at full rate needs a 40MHz clear channel, not just 22. So if there are 802.11g networks within that range, there might not be a clear channel available at all, and there's no option but to fall back. I guess the problem is compounded if the N router needs to talk to a G client too.

The 5 GHz band, however, has room for a lot more channels, and isn't used by 802.11b or g so it currently suffers from a lot less interference.

At home I can often see 4 or 5 neighbours' networks as well as my own, so a 2.4 GHz 802.11n router probably wouldn't do me much good. (I doubt it would do my neighbours much good either, though that's less of a concern!)

For that reason I'm looking into getting a 5GHz capable access point - maybe the new Netgear WNR3500 when that comes out. That way, it should be able to deliver a high speed connection to my 4965AGN-based laptop at 5GHz, without having to fall back to G performance just because my neighbours and I have 2.4GHz G equipment too.

 

The 11n spec is design to play well with other networks. Which in most cases will drop out of channel bonding. If your nb and routers supports the 5ghz band try using it, less interference but does not penetrate walls as well/

 

I have your exact hardware, same router and same Intel wireless card on the same laptop. It worked using 11n out of the box. I don't have time to look at the configs right now but I'll check them and get back to you.

 

i have the exact same problem with my inspiron 1720 (intel 4965AGN). I can only get 54Mbps instead of 108Mbps, while it worked fine with my netgear wireless network card..

Im using a netgear WPN824v2 router..

Does anyone have a solution?