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    DI-524 router, very slow wireless

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by silentivm, Jun 24, 2010.

  1. silentivm

    silentivm Notebook Guru

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    Hello,

    I have a D-Link DI-524/150 wireless router which I got in order to replace my old Belkin which died today.

    It works correctly; however, ALL downloads over wireless are very slow, never getting above 100KB/s (I have 10Mbps ADSL).

    If I use the wired network, everything is OK.

    Any suggestions? I tried to change the settings (set it to use 802.11g only, disable firewall etc...) but it didn't help.

    EDIT: I think the cause is WPA2. If I disable security (of course I don't want to do that), I get the expected speeds.

    Thanks!
     
    silentivm, Jun 24, 2010
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    does it do it with WPA? I had that same router (older revision most likely) that was very stable and fast for its time, ran it with WPA.
     
    goofball, Jun 25, 2010
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    For max speed with 11n use WPA2 AES security. TKIP will kill your speed.
     
    blue68f100, Jun 25, 2010
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    DI-524 is a 802.11g router.
     
    goofball, Jun 26, 2010
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  5. silentivm

    silentivm Notebook Guru

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    Solved. I update the firmware, and the problem was solved.

    Strange is that it, being an 802.11g router, has 802.11n-related options in its interface...
     
    silentivm, Jun 27, 2010
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