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    Will Router 802.11.B,G accept 802.11N Client ?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by aachoos, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. aachoos

    aachoos Newbie

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    Hi,

    Will a Wireless Router/Modem having 802.11G Technology accept Clients [PC or Laptop] having 802.11.N card ?

    I have Dell Inspire 1525 Laptop with Dell 1505 Mini-N card [802.11.N], iam unable to acess INTERNET with the router we have, which is 802.11G.

    Any Clue ?

    Thank you,
     
    aachoos, Oct 23, 2008
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  2. BBGus

    BBGus Notebook Evangelist

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    Most Draft N cards will at least downgrade signal wise to the previous G standard if not B as well. I would recommend trying to the following to fix your problem:

    1) Make sure you have the most up to date Drivers for the Dell 1505 Mini-N card
    2) Clear out previous attempts to log in to your router
    3) Reset your router to defaults
    4) Try connecting again

    BBGus
     
    BBGus, Oct 23, 2008
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  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    fwiw--if it is a 802.11g router with some sort of proprietary boosting scheme, see if you can disable that. Many companies had special features where if you had thier router and their wireless card with "super speedboost" technology to achieve 108mbps!

    These proprietary schemes can cause grief for standard clients. Just ran into a big headache with such a router and a Apple os x computer. Turned off the special features and all the problems went away
     
    gerryf19, Oct 23, 2008
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  4. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    On the computer, go to Control Panel--> System--> Hardware--> Device Manager and under the Network section locate your wireless adapter; right click and select Properties, browse through the different tabs...I think under the Advanced tab you should see a setting that speaks about the "mode"...select Auto or 802.11G mode.
     
    makaveli72, Oct 23, 2008
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