so 11 g/b built-in to laptop can only get 54mbps???

i have a brand new laptop w/ built-in wireless. been using an old freebie d-link wireless g router which put out only 54mbps but worked great w/ the old laptop. bought an airlink super g (ar430w) cuz it said 108mbps. i figure, "hell yeah, twice the speed!" hook it up and laptop STILL at 54mbps!!! so now i've been looking around a lot (note to self: next time, do research BEFOREHAND ) and it seems that's the limit for 11 g/b. at least that's what i THINK i'm getting from all the info. is that right?? so should i take the airlink back? what's the use of all these higher speed routers if most built-in wireless is only capable of 54 mbps?!?!? help please!!!!

oh, and by the way, i've been playing w/ the wireless-g settings.
what's the difference between:
-super g
-super g w/o turbo
-mixed g/b
-wireless 11g only
-wireless 11b only???

one would think "super" g is the best. but the speed actually drops to 48 mbps as opposed to 54 mbps w/ the mixed g/b.

 

Not sure with ad-hoc with my sister's lappy i get 54mbps as well (i have the m9750)

 

In order to use the speeds above 54mbps you need matching chips sets and most time same MFG.

 

if you had the same make card to match the routr like a super G 108mbps, etc, it would have hit 108. But since you don't have a d-link, probably not atheros chip, you'll be limited to 54mbps. The easiest way to get the max speed is to use like components >> even more so when using "N" routers and adapters.

EDIT

Your second set of questions--- read some of the threads under networking or go to the d-link site for infor.....

 

The standards are A/B/G/N, when you see advertised speeds of 108 or so called "super G", you usually have to use cards made specifically for that router to achieve those speeds.

quick example is this netgear router,
http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/SuperGWirelessRouters/WGT624.aspx
you'd also need something like this for "max" performance
http://www.netgear.com/Home/Products/Adapters/SuperGWirelessAdapters/WG111T.aspx

In short, get your money back unless you want to spend additional and buy the reciever to go with it.

As for your 2nd q. The speed is nothing to go by since it changes periodically. The only hit you would take would be if you set it to wireless b, From what I can remeber default is g/b but using super G wouldn't matter.

 

thanks everybody. fry's has an airlink super g adapter card for like 30 bucks. add that to the 20 i already spent for the router, plus the fact that i don't want some card sticking out the side.... it's a brand new laptop for crissakes!! i'm not a gamer and don't download much--just some internet surfing for the wife and me. so i don't think we need the speed anyways right? alrighty, thanks again for all the help. it's much appreciated.

and for Jusl3laze, i'm not gonna even TRY to pretend i know but the settings did affect the speed as far as i can tell. had the laptop sitting there right next to the desktop w/ the wireless status window open. solid 54 mbps the whole time. used desktop to change setting from mixed g/b to super g. went down to 48. switched it back to mixed g/b and it went back to 54. not a big deal but just thought i'd let you know what i did. thanks.

 

hey, just so you know......

you can pick up a "refurbished" Netgear "N" router>> WNR834B >> for $50-60 on EBAY-Click HERE. Refurbished means reconditioned at factory to like new condition and you just get a 30 day warranty from Netgear, or 30-90 day from the seller. We messed around w/ them b4 we bought our DIR-655, just to try out "N". On my old laptop (w/ a Broadcom card b/g/draft n), we hit 270mbps easily. If we'd had a Netgear N card, even an Netgear Extreme express card or USB, etc, we could have hit 300mbps. It has internal antenna's and is pretty nice, considering the price...... >> very easy to set up, much more so than the D-Link DIR-655. If you want to know why we switched, well, send me a pm

We ran it in mixed g/n mode, because we have a Lexmark "G" wireless printer x4550(~$90 on sale), but still got 270mbps on the broadcom card. I'd def recommend trying 1 of these reconditioned "N" units by Netgear out.....