Studio 1555 802.11n Card

I have what's branded as a Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n card, so I bought Cisco-Linksys WRT160N-RM Wireless-N router. It distributes an N signal to a wireless adapter of the same make perfectly, which I have plugged in to my Xbox 360, but my laptop just gives the generic Windows 7 'can't connect to network' error. I've tried everything in the settings of the router, and yes, my drivers are up to date. I even switched to Broadcom drivers, since Broadcom is the actual manufacturer of the card; Dell distributes it and puts their own brand of driver on it.

It definitely connects on 802.11g, but when I set the router to only distribute wireless-N, it just won't connect. It just connects through wireless-G automatically when I set the router to 'Mixed' (a/b/g/n). I've tried messing with the advanced settings of the WLAN card driver a little.. maybe I'm missing something there? Thanks for any help...

I'm running Windows 7 x64 if that matters, OEM firmware on the router and the modem it's connected to, and the adapter that's connected to it.

 

Have you enabled 802.11n in your network card settings? I have the Intel card, but mine gives me an option to enable/disable it.

Go to Device Manager, Network Adapters. Right-click on your network card, click properties. Go to the Advanced tab, and there should be a 802.11n section - make sure it's enabled.

 

Yes, checked that already. Mine doesn't have an on/off setting for N.. just some to change how it works.

 

Try changing your encryption to WPA2-PSK (AES) - I came across this earlier today just by co-incidence

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