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Wireless roaming in mixed 2.4GHz and 5GHz environment
I have 2 Buffalo dual band 2.4G/5G access points and a D-Link Dir 300 2.4G access point all running on the same SSID. I realised then that when my devices roamed to the Dir-300 and roam back it will ...
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Zonet 802.11n wireless PCI adapter won't stay connected to network when logging off and on for multiple users. [closed]
Zonet 802.11n wireless PCI adapter won't stay connected to network when logging off and on for multiple users.
Windows XP, Optiplex 520
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Are there any differences between the 802.11n final and draft specifications?
There is a lot of wireless networking equipment available that claim to follow either the 802.11n final specification or, alternatively, (one of) its draft versions. Are there any appreciable ...
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Whats the significance (if any) of wifi channels 12-14?
I have a couple of devices that appear unable to see my router's WiFi signal when its put up on channel 12, 13, or 14. Some newer devices work fine without any problems. Others cannot see the signal. ...
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How to determine which of my devices support wireless N?
I understand that in order to get my wireless modem to work at the wireless N speed, I need all my devices to support wireless N.
I know my modem support wireless N.
And I know I may not notice much ...
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Wifi N speed is slow for internet downloads, yet fast locally, and decent in bridge mode. What gives?
I have an e2500 and a macbook pro early 2011 bonded with it at 300 Mbps.
My Comcast internet connection is 50+ Mbps via ethernet but only 25-26 Mbps via Wireless-N.
When my wireless router is set to ...
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Will a wireless n and a wireless g router interfere with each other?
I would like to buy a new wireless n router but keep my wireless g router for the sake of supporting older wifi-enabled devices. Can i put these 2 routers next to each other and configure them so they ...
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How to increase Wireless Tx and Rx Rate?
I have a Lenovo W520 with a 1x1 11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Express Half Mini Card Adapter and a D-Link DIR-825 using DD-WRT (build 18777). I understand that my adapter doesn't work on the 5GHz frequency ...
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How do I get a 300Mbps connection over 802.11n?
I just bought a new wireless setup, consisting of a Cisco E2000 router, Edimax 7718un USB adapter for my laptop and an Edimax 7728in PCI adapter for my HTPC (which isn't in a location I can run cat5 ...
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Max outdoor range of WiFi [closed]
So my question is fairly simple, in a normal suburban setting (2 story buildings, no high rises, etc), what is the maximum range you could expect from a WiFi router? Preferably something faster like ...
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WiFi N Gigabit Router
I'm looking for a WiFi N Gigabit router. I'll be using an iPod Touch 2G and a 2009 17" MacBook Pro over WiFi, and I need at least 4 gigabit ethernet ports plus a WAN port.
What do people recommend?
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802.11n Networking Card Malfunction
My Asus A54C TB31 running Windows 7 fails to connect to a certain Wireless N network. To be more specific, it shows that it is connected but there is no internet access. I have tried disabling all ...
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802.11n Wireless network link speed?
I have a Linksys E4200 router and a laptop with an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 135 adapter. If I place my laptop right next to the router, the link speed is about 20 Mbps. Is that normal or is there any ...
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802.11N+ signal limited to 65MB, why?
I just bought a brand new wireless router because all my devices are N or N+ so I figured if I had a router that could support it, I could get some better LAN speeds.
I installed my router, set its ...
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How to check wifi networking standard of current connection
Both my router and my wireless networking card support the standards 802.11a/b/g/n but as I'm only getting speeds around 30-40 Mbit/s I suspect that it's the g standard being used instead of n. Now, ...
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I have Cisco Wireless Controller connected with 11n APs, Is it possible to configuring Extension Channel?
I have Cisco Wireless Controller connected with 11n APs, Is it possible to configuring Extension Channel?
I want to configure the primary channel in 5GHz -> Channel 48
And Extension channel ...
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Trying to understand Wireless N vs Wireless AC [closed]
Whenever a new wireless standard gets approved you expect faster speeds and longer range.
From everything that I've read about it, it seems that AC will only transfer over the 5GHz band and up to ...
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Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook, WiFi N performance is slow and has problems
I just opened a brand new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook and connected to my 802.11n wireless network.
Performance is abysmal. Web pages time out, SpeedTest shows 0.15 Mbps (on a 50 Mbps FiOS connection), and ...
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Multiple network adapters, how does it affect the connection?
Background:
I have a custom built gaming machine running Windows 7 RC for which I bought a fairly cheap wireless adapter because I thought my dorm would have firewire internet again this year. When I ...
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What can I do to connect my 802.11b laptop to 802.11n? [closed]
My HP laptop connects with internet through my neighbor wireless and works fine. I have another laptop Toshiba Satellite and I can't connect to internet. I figured out that the wireless radio tape was ...
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Does a wireless-N (802.11n) network have poor performance when in b/g “mixed” mode?
It seems to be an "old" wives tale that, when using a wireless-N router in "mixed mode" to support legacy 802.11b or 802.11g devices, the performance of 802.11n clients will suffer.
Some places ...
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802.11n link-connection speeds as reported by DIR-655 wireless router
I have a very good (100%) WiFi, wireless-signal as reported by the DIR-655 (router / AP ) to the client/adapter.
The router reports the client-connection speed to be 241M or 214M or 268M.
Why don't ...
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Logging CSI into file 802.11n
I have followed the steps in this link and i am trying the last steps to log data using
sudo ./log_to_file tmp.dat
command, and I left it for 3 hours but only 10 traces were written in the ...
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Intel Wireless 4965AGN not achieving N throughput when connected to an AirPort Express N network [closed]
I have an Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN adaptor in my laptop (HP Pavillion dv2000 series) which is connecting to a 5GHz-only 802.11n network provided by an Apple AirPort Express. The network is ...
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Average Transit Speed For 802.11n Wireless AP?
I just got a 802.11n wireless AP and hooked it up. After some testings with my MacBook Pro just beside the AP(~30cm, 100% signal), I noticed LAN FTP transfer speeds were between 3 to 5 MB per second, ...
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Can a 3x3 802.11n Wi-Fi router use all its capacity even if no clients support 3x3?
If I have a Wi-Fi router with 3x3 radio chains (i.e. '450mbit'), but no clients that support three streams, can I still benefit from the extra radio chain by having multiple clients? e.g. could the ...
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How do I use a laptop as a 802.11n router?
My current wireless router seems to be broken and refusing wifi connections, so I connected a old laptop to it and created an ad-hoc network so that other computers can via the laptop. This works, but ...
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Cheap/easy way to set up a wireless mesh network
I'd like to set up a wireless mesh/repeater network using multiple APs, most likely 3 or 4 of them around the house to ensure maximum signal strength.
I've got a lot of space to cover, and the client ...
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Need some clarification about the 802.11n standard
I'm really confused about 802.11n.
802.11n provides support for dual band (2.4 & 5 GHz), is much faster, and gives greater range, since it uses MIMO technology (multi antenna multiple radio ...
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802.11 - g and n clients on the same network, different access points
I'm running a network in my house with a single-band router, but have both 802.11n and g devices. As such, as far as I can tell, my network drops down to g speeds (54Mbps) whenever I use a g device on ...
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802.11N Windows XP Clients Unable to See Each Other
I am attempting to update my wireless network from 802.11g to 802.11n. When connected to the 'G' access point, the client laptops (there are 7 running Windows XP) are able to connect and browse the ...
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Windows 7 Professional: won't associate to the closer of two APs
In my office, the network administrator has configured two separate 802.11g/n APs with the same SSID on the same channel (6) but about 50 metres apart*. The two APs are not configured as a WDS as far ...
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802.11n Audio Interference
Symptoms
My audio is riddled with pops/crackles/glitches. Sometimes I swear the glitches sound exactly like the facebook messenger sound (best comparison I can give).
Cause
Using DPC Latency ...
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Will upgrading my laptop's wireless card make it support 802.11n?
I have a Toshiba Satellite P205-S7402 laptop, and it supports 802.11b and g at present. I want to use 802.11n as well - can I just swap out the wireless card with a new PCI card?
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Captive portal architecture- internal or external?
I am interested in captive portal architecture. Initially my understanding was that places such as airports and internet cafes would have all the RADIUS and AAA infrastructure on the local side of the ...
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Mac Mini connecting to Airport Extreme at only 802.11a, how to push to 802.11b/g/n?
My Mac Mini is capable of 802.11a/b/g. I have an Airport Extreme that is capable of 802.11a/b/g/n. The Mini connects at only 802.11a. It is close and has a very strong signal. How do I push the ...
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Why are there so few Wireless N Dual Band adapter PCI cards, only USB adapters instead?
There has been several Wireless N Dual Band routers/APs out in the market for quite some time now, and there are several Wireless N Dual Band USB adapters out there. But as for PCI/PCI-X card ...
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AirPort Express with 802.11n and 10/100BASE-T Ethernet port
If 802.11n can operate at 300Mb/s, why does Apple equip the AirPort Express with a 10/100 ethernet port? Doesn't a 100Mb/s port effectively throttle the wireless to 100Mb/s?
AirPort Express ...
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802.11n router and 802.11g network card
I have a D-link DIR-524 802.11n router. My PC is having 802.11a/b/g. The issues is that I'm unable to connect to the router when 802.11n is turned on. As soon as I disable 802.11n feature. I can ...
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Slower than expected 802.11n wireless network speeds
I have two ASUS laptops running Windows 7 connected wirelessly via 802.11n at 150 Mbit, as reported by Task Manager. The router is Netgear WNDR3700.
When testing the wireless connection speed using ...
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Does it make sense to keep different SSIDs for 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless networks?
My router can have different SSIDs for 2.4 and 5 GHz and I'm not sure if it's better to have the same SSID or not.
Initially I put the same network but I got confused when the MacBook Pro displayed ...
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What's the advantage of 802.11n if 802.11g is still faster than your ISP's connection?
802.11g has a max speed of 54 Mbps, and even at half that, is still faster than my FiOS download speed of 25 Mbps. Therefore, my local hardware is not the bottleneck. So, for the purpose of internet ...
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Windows 7 and wireless N, how do I choose which frequency to connect to?
I have a dual band wireless N router broadcasting on both frequencies with the same SSID. When I attempt to connect to the wireless, it seems to pick at random if it connects to the 2.4 or 5GHz ...
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How can I determine network performance between machines?
What tools out there can I use to determine network performance between 2 machines.
I have a Windows 2008 service on gigabit and a Windows 7 machine on wireless n and I want to test the performance.
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How can I detect unauthorized access on my 802.11 g/n network?
I am using a wireless network and I want to make sure that no unauthorized users are connecting through my access point. I am using the standard encryption the device supports. I know it is a ...
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Need a new modem/router with VoIP - any suggestions? [closed]
I'm interesting in getting a Billion BiPAC 7300N Draft 802.11n ADSL2+ / Broadband Router. It has WiFi, modem and router, etc. All good. However it doesn't have VoIP.
Does anyone have any suggestions ...
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How can I tell if the wireless network card in my laptop supports 802.11n?
I have a Dell laptop computer issued to me by my employer with an Internal network card. I am considering upgrading my home wifi network from 802.11g to 802.11n, but want to make sure the laptop will ...
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Which is faster? A 10/100 switch or wireless-n?
If I have a wireless n router with only a 10/100 LAN ports. Where does the bottleneck occur?
At the transfer speed of wireless n or the 10/100 transfer speeds?
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What wireless USB adapter is supported out of the box by the most OSs?
I always carry around a wireless USB adapter in my "toolkit." My current adapter is only 802.11g and has seen better days. The male USB connecter us getting loose and Im afraid its one bad yank away ...
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802.11n Network Quality?
I've got an 802.11g wireless router at my apartment. I'm considering an upgrade to 11n after the holidays are over, but I already have issues with my wife's PC having intermittent network connectivity ...
