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    ultimate n 6300 issue maybe

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by garyfl, Oct 15, 2011.

  1. garyfl

    garyfl Notebook Consultant

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    internet seems to be a little slow, webpages time out sometimes, i get huge lag spikes on games like tf2, high pings sometimes then goes back to normal. internet seems sluggish.

    being a laptop ive had the very nice option to have experienced 3 different internet connections. one 8bm another 8mb and my own stable 24mb all give the same results.

    i suspect drivers arnt so up to date on my 6300. i cant find them ANYWHERE and theres only the ones on the dell website. what do you suggest guys ?
     
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    have you tried changing the channel on the router?

    For some some reason my wife's laptop doesn't like channel 11...everything was like you said. Real sluggish.

    When i changed it to channel 9, it was back up to full speeds
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 15, 2011
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    garyfl Notebook Consultant

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    hmm out of 3 different locations internets it cant be that 3/3 need a channel change ? it seems to be in intermittent laptop issue, is there anything i can do on the network cards properties ?
     
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    There is a new driver for the 6300 N on Intel's website. It came out last month. So if you've updated since then, you may already have the newest driver.
     
    TurbodTalon, Oct 15, 2011
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    go to intel.com and get the latest driver. i updated mine without an issue.
     
    cccplus, Oct 15, 2011
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    yeah ive just done it now, also changed the channel to 2, seems miles more stable, will assess as it goes on, cheers guys.
     
    garyfl, Oct 15, 2011
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