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    Speeding up the 1505 wireless card?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by leftside, Sep 15, 2007.

  1. leftside

    leftside Notebook Geek

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    When I view the Wireless Network Connection Status of my Dell 1505 Draft n card I only see a speed of 117 Mbps. Is there any way to safely tweek this card? The advertised speed of this card is upto 300 Mbps. I don't expect to get 300 Mbps, but I did expect to get more than 117 Mbps.

    I've noticed an XPress (TM) Technology Property under Properties | Advanced. It is currently disabled. I was thinking of enabling it, but was concerned in regard to later compatibility problems with my DLink DIR 655 Wireless N Router.

    I'm also running a 1Gbit ethernet network card on another computer on the network where I transfer files to. When transferring files I am seeing speeds of upto 50 Mbps (when using NetMeter). Again, much slower than I expected - but certainly faster than my old g network.
     
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  2. manu251125

    manu251125 Notebook Consultant

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    i was wondering the same thing.
     
    manu251125, Sep 15, 2007
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  3. Mr_Pat

    Mr_Pat Notebook Guru

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    Thats why I didnt by the n card in draft... I will wait for the finished version. Screw drafts
     
    Mr_Pat, Sep 15, 2007
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    are the cards draft 1 or draft 2?
     
    Mr_Pat, Sep 15, 2007
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