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    intel wireless wifi link 4965AGN Driver

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ccoleman88, Apr 11, 2008.

  1. ccoleman88

    ccoleman88 Notebook Guru

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    i am experiencing very slow speeds with this card in my new thinkpad t61p, could someone who has good success(on a non n-type router) please tell me what drivers you use?
     
    ccoleman88, Apr 11, 2008
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Use the latest ones from Intel's website (they are normally 98.5% better than the ones provided by your retailer).
     
    ScifiMike12, Apr 11, 2008
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    I had the Intel driver on a Dell 1720 and it connected asap and worked well on my Linksys WRT54g. Try dl'ing the latest driver at Intel - or just making sure all of your settings between your T61 and the router type are optimized.
     
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    my driver is x.x.x.36
    intels is x.x.x.30

    ...?
     
    ccoleman88, Apr 11, 2008
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    im using the latest intel driver on the same card and have full signal everywhere in my house. i am using the standard actiontek router that came with my FIOS. the throughput is actually pretty amazing.
     
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    tried both drivers .36 and .32 same results, is there something in the lenovo software that might effect it?
     
    ccoleman88, Apr 11, 2008
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    Set up DGL-4500 a few days ago and T61p and R61 have consistent and strong 300Mbps rated signal.


    With .36 driver from Intel.
     
    SonDa5, Apr 12, 2008
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    computerpro3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am having the same problem. Horrible speeds and connectivity. Wired works fine, and everyone elses wireless works fine. Happened on stock vista install and my fresh one.
     
    computerpro3, Apr 12, 2008
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    Using Windows to control the wireless settings?
     
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    computerpro3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yup. I've tried Intel's and Lenovo's utilities though and no difference. All power management is off. Latest drivers. My desktop right next to the lenovo gets 2mb/s over wireless on speedtest.net. The thinkpad was getting 50-100kb/s until I switched over to open DNS, which got 200-300. Still pathetic and it times out all of the time. Browsing is not usable.

    It's got to be a hardware problem as it persists after a clean install of vista and it is happening to many people over at thinkpad forums as well as here.

    I am just using my phone as a modem for now, it is much faster over EVDO than the damn wifi is. This is not what I bought a thinkpad for, and I am very upset.
     
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  11. bubbatex

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    Maybe you should restore to original specs until the problem gets resolved?
     
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    it happened at original specs.
     
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    I give up on Intel wireless cards and switched to IBM Atheros. Whenever the driver is upgraded it destroys the interface with Access Connections and a manual uninstall with removing registry keys is needed to get them working together again. Not to mention poorer performance and signal than the IBM Atheros cards.
     
    bri, Apr 12, 2008
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