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    Poor Wifi Performance on X200/5300AGN

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by reggie14, Mar 29, 2009.

  1. reggie14

    reggie14 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Lenovo X200 with an Intel WiFi Link 5300 AGN wireless adapter. I have it hooked up to a Netgear 802.11n access point that operates in the 5Ghz band. The Netgear access point acts as one side of a bridge too, and I can consistently get ~9mbits/sec of bandwidth on the other side of the bridge. And, when I hook up my Macbook Pro it tops out around ~8mbits/sec. But the Lenovo X200 tops out at only 5mbits/sec.

    Is there anything I can do to improve performance? Or, it this just a matter of the number of functional antennas in the X200? Apparently the 5300AGN card is suppose to support 3 receiving antennas, but the X200 only has 1 or 2 antennas hooked up.
     
    reggie14, Mar 29, 2009
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