Just got Sager 2090, can't get wireless N to work

Hey all, I just got my Sager 2090 from xoticpc.com and I've had a Netgear Rangemax Next wireless N router gigabit edition.
My 2090 has the pro wireless built in network adapter, and it has Windows XP home installed.

I checked everything in my router and it's all set to enable wireless N.
Laptop as well.
Yet when the connection is made, it's only 54mb/s.

Any ideas?
BTW I just installed windows today, no service packs yet, if that has anything to do with it.

 

Did you update your notebooks Pro Wireless driver? Intel has released a new driver since the notebooks was released to help deal with some compatability "issues".....

Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN XP Drivers

Intel® PROSet/Wireless Network Connection Software XP Software

Hope that helps your problem. It worked for me.

 

I'm assuming you have switched the front wireless switch on, right? Someone who reported your same problem forgot to check this simple thing. I wont mention any names *cough*GlueEater*cough*

 

funny story...same thing happened to my sister...she worked on it for like 30 minutes before getting really frustrated and asking for help lol...

 

Yes it's on. Or I wouldn't have been able to get 54Mb/s. lol

Anyways, I updated the drivers as Wu Jen suggested. And it still connects at 54Mb/s.
In the Intel PROSet/Wireless connection setup program I go to Properties for this connection it lists G and N as the bands available.
Yet the connection speed is still 54Mb/s

EDIT: Still nothing new. I'm contemplating if it's the router that isn't connecting in 802.11N mode.
The laptop appears to have access to N though. Is there any way to force it to use N?

 

PercocetPenguin, try changing the Security Type and Encryption Type on your router and wireless card. The Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN adapters seem to have a 54Mbps limitation when using a WEP or TKIP encryption are used. If AES encryption is used, you should be able to go beyond the 54Mbps barrier. I used WPA2-Personal as my Security Type and AES as my Encryption Type. Hope this helps.

 

Wifi Dual band.
Your router needs it. Otherwise it connetcs via G protocol.

 

Not true. While a dual-band router will allow the Intel Wireless N card to connect at a full 300mbps, a single-band 2.4ghz Wireless-N router will connect to the Intel Wireless N adapter at 20mhz for a maximum of 144Mbps (and only 130Mbps if the router has been updated to the newest N standards through firmware updates).

Note the limitation of the Intel Wireless N adapter:

It cannot run at 300Mbps at 2.4Ghz because Intel decided on a "friendly neighbor policy", which means it will not receive the 40mhz signals needed to get 300Mbps at 2.4Ghz because that causes heavy traffic at 2.4Ghz. You have to have a 5.8Ghz wireless-n router or a dual-band router (which includes 2.4 and 5.8 for backwards compatibility) to exceed 20mhz/130Mbps.

This problem has to be in the settings of the Wireless N router itself, or it's overall compatibility with Intel Wireless N cards.

 

Make sure no connection is made to your router using 802.11g. This could be the cause.