Intel wireless 4965AGN + Netgear WNR854T = only 144 Mbps?

i recently received my new HP dv9500t and first thing i did is a wipe the drive and do a fresh install of Vista Home Premium thanks to the instructions on this message board. I have the Intel Wireless 4965AGN wireless adaptor so i was hoping to connect with the 802.11n to my new Netgear WNR854T but it is only connecting at 144 Mbps even though my signal strenth is excellent. I have the latest firmware for the router and the router is draft 2.0. Isnt it suppose to go up to 270Mbps? What else can i do to improve the speed? I'm only about 6 feet away from the router in direct line of sight. any suggestions?

PS i'm using WPA2-AES wireless security if that makes any difference.

 

its possible they are different chipsets. i believe the intel is a broadcomm based card not sure on the netgear but im almost positive its not broadcomm. in order to get the max speeds you usually need to use the same branded card / router.. i could be wrong here but that could be the issue..

 

the intel card is not broadcomm based its INTEL based try to get some facts before saying something stupid like that (you have no idea how much im restraining myself from yelling at you)

 

The netgear router will automatically run at 54Mb,145,and 300Mbps and can't be configured manually(I don't understand why this is).The chipset difference could be why you're not getting better speeds.Try switching your security to WPA,or WPA2 personal,and if your running in mixed mode switch it to just N.Also check your card setting to make sure that the setting are set to max. Hope this can help you, GL.

 

The 4965 has this same issue with the dlink dir 655. Its due to the different chipset usage, plus the 4965 doesnt support 40mhz range. The only fix to this, is changing the 4965 mini pcie with something like this: http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/MiniPCI...-2.0-Atheros-AR5008-chipset/product_info.html

 

thanks for the input laser21. Its unfortunate but i guess thats what happens when you buy pre-N stuff. apparently even draft 2.0 doesn't cut the mustard. incompatibilities are bound to happen. at least i'm getting 145Mbps better than nothing. I hope they finalize 802.11n soon - we've been waiting forever.

 

no offense but your a jacka@s, i did say i believe it was broadcomm, and it looks like i am correct according to everyone else's comments my original and first comment about the chipset seems to be right. so stop being a idiot and next time try to help someone out rather than calling someone out like that....and maybe dont be a jacka@s next time

also to the original poster it really doesnt matter for internet use anyway you will never actually utilize the full 300mb of that card unless you are transferring files between computers.. and sorry to have to make this post in your thread..

 

Thank God I read this, I was about to go out this afternoon and buy that D-Link 655 Xtreme Gigabit Router.........

Are there any Draft N routers out there that also support G that do not have this conflict with the Intel 4965 Card?

 

Bump!!!!!

 

Yeah, I would worry about the speed of the router. Unless you have a connection to match, it's only a number.

 

Is that would or wouldn't?!

If I remember correctly the DSL pops up at 100mps when I connect the Ethernet cable. I haven't done any online gaming (nor am I likely too I think) so something that's got great range and is as quick at the Ethernet cable would be MAGIC (and can be shared on the G and N frequencies )

 

Wait for the dlink dir 855. should be out in december! It has dual band - meaning that even the intel cards will work at 300mbps (actually 270).

edit:
sorry Laspurs I didnt read your post completely. What the 100mps mean, is that you are on a 100mbit lan - which is usually "created" by the dsl modem or router you are connected to. It doesnt mean you have that internet speed! 300mbps is useful just for network HD video streaming, or copying large files through the ethernet (note- no internet!!) Usual people have connections up to 12-20mbps.
The only benefit of N is the wider range. You can browse in the garden, where you couldnt with G.

and sorry for my late response...havent checked this thread for a few days.

 

Excuse me laser21,

I'm thinking of taking a wireless router. Now when I am on wi-fi I get 54mbs...with the wireless router this spees will not increase? The laptop has the n.

 

if you have g now and move to an n router you will "have" a faster connection, as far as internet use though if you have cable or fios etc with a 4 or 8 mb connection you will basically gain nothing. the n will allow you to transfer files over a network or from computer to computer faster it will not increase you internet speed

 

I wish I'd taken your advice mate!!

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=179823

 

I don't remember where I read this, but I believe I read something saying that 11n detects nearby (in frequency) ABG networks and cannot run in "Greenfield" (full speed) mode if they are present, because 11n greenfield would interfere with the others. So it could be that you can't select a data rate because the AP will only use 300Mbps is the are no other APs nearby.

802.11 is always either in the 2.4GHz or the 5GHz. The bandwidth of 802.11abg is 20MHz, whereas 11n is either 20 or 40MHz. In the case of 40 I believe that can run on either 2.4GHz or 5GHz, but either way the 4965 is an ABGN card, and A is 5GHz and B and G are 2.4GHz, so the intel card does indeed support both frequency ranges.

 

I meant, that it doesnt support 40Mhz in 2,4Ghz.