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    Wireless N, taskbar says 11 Mbps

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by lmwong, Jan 1, 2008.

  1. lmwong

    lmwong Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I have a lenovo T61 Win XP pro, with Intel Wifi N draft. I bought a D Link wireless N router. After setup and connection, when I hover over the wifi icon in the taskbar, the speed says it's only 11 Mbps. N is suppose to be 300 Mbps. When I surf the web, it doesn't seem as slow as 11 Mbps. What's going on? Thanks.
     
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    Go to internet explorer in the address bar--type 192.168.1.1 and check all the settings to make sure that N is enabled on the router.

    The Default sign on is
    Username: admin
    Password: admin or password

    ^unless you changed it yourself
     
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    lmwong Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, that helped...some. I went into the router setup and indeed it was set to transmit at only Wifi B!? WTF, why would you default an N router to B 11 Mbps? Anyhow, I selected the Mixed N, B, G option. Now connecting my Lenovo T61 laptop, I get 54 Mbps. I'm also reading other threads regarding different versions of N draft, and compatability issues. Is my D-Link DIR-625 router compatible with Intel 4965AGN?
     
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    hmm, maybe try just N instead of mixed? you never know.
     
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    I changed the security to WPA2 (AES) and reconnected. Now it reads a speed of 144 Mbps. Anything else I need to do to get the advertised 300 Mbps speed?
     
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    Not with the intel adapter. My Asus G1S connects at a maximum of 144 Mbps. My wife's Vaio with a D-link card connects at 300 Mbps.
     
    dperezo, Jan 2, 2008
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I hit 300 once with the intel adapter, but whenever a wireless b or g device tries to connect to my network, it slows to a crawl. like 1 mbps.
     
    Patrick, Jan 3, 2008
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    ya i also got a intel 4965agn card and it only connects at 144mbps too. Though on the router page it says that it is connected at about 100mbps. And this is to a dlink DIR-625 REV A router.
     
    caveman, Jan 4, 2008
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    get a d-link N adapter >> express card, or 1 of the brand new N usb adapters

    it's really tough to get the 300 mbps w/out using the same make of router/adapter at this point. all the companies are using proprietary stuff hoping to make it to the final draft n due out in 2009 w/ few changes/modifications- but they aren't sharing at this point so that's why you need to use the same make equipment.

    ann
     
    nobscot6, Jan 6, 2008
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