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Want to connect with N not g

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by 21Rouge, Oct 13, 2009.

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  1. 21Rouge

    21Rouge Notebook Enthusiast

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    My son came home recently and I connected him successfully with our Dlink 655 via dlink_guest.

    I happened to check the router (FW 1.21) and within the settings I see the following under "NUMBER OF WIRELESS CLIENTS"

    • my 2 year old Dell Vostro 1400 with its Dell 1505 wireless N card and its mode is 802.11g with rate 24

    • my son's machine with its N card shows the mode as 802.11n (2.4GHz) with rate at 108

    The obvious q:

    How do I force my card to connect at N and not g as it appears.

    Are there selections within this Dell 1505 n mini card that will force it to use N? For example under BSS mode I have selected n and n isn't listed under "Band Preference".

    What am I missing?

    Thanks for your experience.
     
  2. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    The card will automatically connect to N when it can. Unfortunately, not all N cards and routers are made the same, since it was still technically a draft standard. Which is probably why it won't pick the N mode for the connection.
     
  3. reptilematt

    reptilematt Notebook Enthusiast

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    A good N band runs on 5.8GHz. Unless your router is dual band-and dual radios, you're probably seeing incompatibility issues with N. I have a Linksys 320N and am facing similar issues.
     
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    gardengnome Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently replaced my Dell 1510 WLAN card by the Intel 5300. I wouldn't get a N-connection in the university network which factually supports the N-band with the Dell-card. The Intel-card connects in N-mode and is thereby significantly faster than the maximum 54Mb/s of the old one...

    Don't know the reason why that is like that, but I won't choose a Dell WLAN card in the future.
     
  5. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    It's not so much that it's faster, it's just you get longer range.

    We only dream of 54 Mb/s, let alone the what... 450 Mb/s N supports?
     
  6. gardengnome

    gardengnome Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is a matter of principle! :)
    But seriously... when you can't tell the difference between Dell 1510 and Intel 5300 in matters supported connection speed. Why should there be one? The Intel-card does obviously more than having Intel printed on it.
     
  7. millermagic

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    The Dell branded cards (broadcom chipset) seem to have a lot of problems.

    I tried running a Dell N Card in my 1520 and it just would not connect to my University's network. Period. If you have 3 antenna wires, go for an Intel or Atheros card - they seem to work the best.
     
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