WRT160N owners?

i can't get the proper speed as advertised, at least out of the box. i'm on an hp dv7 on an intel wifi 5100. anyone know any sure fixes to boost this up? getting the standard 54mbps here.

 

The default setting for your wireless type on your router is BG-Mixed (802.11B & 802.11G). You need to go into your router's wireless settings and change it to Wireless N in order to get the speed you are looking for.

 

i'm at 135k now through switing my radio band to wide/40 wide channel to 3 and standard channel to 5.2432. i did this just out of no other options to try (reading everyone to leave them on "auto" was just getting me 65k. i was getting 135 on mixed with these settings and just put it to N and put me down to 121.

 

Then your card has to be a dual band card. It can pick pick up N signals that are broadcast at 2.4Ghz & 5.8Ghz. When picking up the 2.4Ghz signals the speed is limited to around 130Mpbs, but when it picks up the 5.8Ghz signal, it can connect at up to 300Mpbs. So the router isn't the issue, it's the card. You will need to either add a 5.8Ghz access point to your router, or get a dual-band router.

 

well i just bought this router so i'm not looking to upgrade again if i don't need to. how do i add an access point and what should my settings now be on the 160n with this knowledge?

 

All of the settings for your router are fine. You may need to configure your access point once you get it. Be sure to look for a 5.0 or 5.8 Ghz access point.

 

i don't know what an access point is or where to find it.

 

an access point is similar to a router in that it broadcasts a wireless signal, but it's usually made to connect one device as a time. You can either connect it to a computer (or another device that you want to add to your network) through the wired ethernet port to give it a wireless signal or connect it to a router that you would like to add a wireless signal to. The latter is what we are looking at in your case.

As for where to find it, whatever store you got the router from, most likely sells access points as well. You should check the store and also do a google search for Linksys dual band access point. That should point you in the right direction.