a lil wireless networkin question.

jeep9mm

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I just got done installin a wireless router in my apartment. The router is a dlink and it works fine. It is an 802.11g router and so is my wireless card so I am running at 54mbps. However for some reason my roomates dell laptop cannot. His wireless card is a Dell Truemobile 1300 and everything ive read is that it can connect to 802.11 b or g, but his is only connected to the network at B speeds...aka 11 mbps. How can I change that? Why is it that I am gettin 54 and he is getting 11?
 
I would say to try to get the latest driver from dell for the device, and see if there is a fireware upgrade for the wireless device. You might also want to check the driver settings to make sure that it is set on auto, or try to manually set it to 54mb speed.

But unless you are doing alot of data transfer between the computers that are wireless, or any desktops inside your lan you should not be getting any better internet performance because timewarner and dsl speeds are slower then 11mbs like road runner in my area if 4.5mb a second for standard and 8mbs for high speed road runner. And DSL maxes out at 3mbs.
 
so when I hold my mouse over my lil antenna and it says connected to dlink speed 54mbps...thats not really true? thats just the ability of my device and router?

also, do u have any idea how to manually set his card to 54 mbps?
 
he is telling you that you'll never realize the 54mbps rate you machine is capable of while surfing the net, nor will your roomates machine at 11mbps.


They are communicating with the wireless router at those speeds, yes. But you are only getting 8mbps tops from the HS cable.

Like my set up, I have an 802.11g card in my lap top, a wireless modem hub that is transmitting/recieving 802.11b and I am surfing DAIL UP 28.8bps at the current. wanna guess where the hold up is ?

2 weeks and I'll FINALLY have HS cable, god I can't wait !!!

Kevin

no clue on how it works, it just does............
 
BellSouth actually has DSL available up to 8MB...you just can't buy it as a residential customer right now...


the 54MB you see is the speed between you and the router, as has been mentioned...it's also the speed you could transfer BETWEEN laptops if you were both setup for it...

That's why I bought a 802.11B router when I was shopping...instead of paying twice the price for a G router...figured by the time BellSouth offers over 11MB to residential customers at a price I'm willing to pay (and as an employee...that price is usually pretty nice ;) ) I'll need to buy a new router anyway...


...and just remember...in an apartment with a wireless router, you've got two options:

1. set WEP encryption so nobody can "steal" your internet
2. don't set it, and offer use of it to your neighbors if they'll pay part of the bill

Greg
 
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