connecting at wireless N speeds with a Toshiba A200-TH7 laptop & a Dlink DIR-615 Wireless N router

Hey all,

my topic originally started on the xbox forums, however the xbox portion of it got resolved...

I am unable to get my Toshiba laptop that says it has a N capable wireless adapter (this laptop is 2 years old so it is N (Draft)) to connect at N speeds...

my network encryption is set to WPA2-personal using AES which was enough of a configuration change to get my xbox to connect wirelessly at N speeds (or at least says it does in the network settings configuration screen), but apparently isn't enough for the laptop to do so.

anyone able to help me get this working?

 

I am going to move this to networking and wireless as you may get more answers there.

 

Your xbox is g. If your xbox is on at the same time as when you're trying to get n speeds, the router will default to the lower speed. My laptop only gets n speeds when my PS3 or my wife's g speed laptop is not connected.

 

my xbox is N. it used to be G but then i read how to configure the wireless setup with the right encryption to make the xbox go N using the new N adapter...

The laptop is what I am trying to make go N.

however I am wondering if it's the router that is the problem, as i hit the refresh in configfree's connectivity doctor and sometimes it is showing N ad the connection type and other times it shows G...

from my thread on the xbox forums:

I do think it is kinda dumb if the router can only support 1 N device at any given time... if this is the case then let it be the xbox, since that adapter cost me quite a bit.

 

What do you consider n speeds?

 

hell if i know, all i care about is that it says i am connected at 802.11 n and not 802.11 g...

 

54mbps is considered G Speeds. Depending on your adapter, you can go as high as 300. My Di-615 averages 144, which is pretty damn fast in my book.

 

that is fast.

heck 54mbps is still pretty good...

anyone know of any sidebar gadgets that show you the connection type? all i have found sofar is ones that give you the ip, signal strength, how much you are up/downloading but nothing to show the signal type.

 

Do you mostly game or d/l with your xbox? My PS3 is G, but it's enough to download HD movies. Especially since I got the DI-615.

What are your settings on the router?

 

not sure what you mean, i have stated the network encryption type in this thread and in the xbox thread on their forums,

WPA2 (also WPA2-Personal) using something called AES used to have it set to TKIP, till i found out it was wrong).

am I missing something?

 

These settings:

 

ok for wireless security mode in your first pic, mine is WPA-Personal

directly underneath that is WPA, which mine is set to "WPA2 Only", Cipher Type is AES and the Group Key Update Interval is set to the default 3600.

my settings match what is in your second pic for Advanced wireless settings, except that i do not have a 802.11d check box.

 

Ok, here's the biggie:

Under Wifi Protected Setup, is this disabled? It's on by default and that was what was causing most of my problems.

 

its enabled by default. I do not want to mess with that until i know more about it...

though one thing i have noticed is that the laptop always seems to connect in the 2.4Ghz range and not the higher ones offered by 802.11n tech.

 

Wireless-N at the 5 Ghz requires a dual band router and adapter. (Which your router is not)

Just force 802.11n only if you are concerned, but it probably doesn't matter if you're getting good speeds

 

Ok, I've done all I can for you. Good luck.

Keep in mind about the WPS. if you read through the D-link forums, you'll see that almost everyone suggests that this setup should be disabled.

 

ok. ohwell. it seems that this is as far as I can go with it then... if i go N only, it will shut out my brother's laptop, his iphone and my dad's laptop.

ok. I will read on there... thanks for the help though.

 

You need to change the Channel Width to 20/40 Mhz to get 300 speeds.
Read up on channel bonding.

 

its set to Auto 20/40 Mhz... Didn't need to change anything.