802.11n fail

FatalException0E · January 5th, 2010, 01:33 PM

So for almost a year we've had a laptop with an intel AGN wireless card. We just got a Linksys WRT160N router, and we can't get an N connection. There are still G devices on the network (older laptop and Wii) but even when I set the router to N only, no luck. Intel's drive update utility showed no update available for the wireless NIC. WTF is going on?

craigmodius · January 5th, 2010, 11:17 PM

is the Intel card's N Radio enabled in Device Manager?

FatalException0E · January 6th, 2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by craigmodius

is the Intel card's N Radio enabled in Device Manager?

I didn't know that was something you had to check. I'll try to look at that tonight. There's no trouble with G and N devices playing on the same network is there?

craigmodius · January 6th, 2010, 09:43 PM

should be OK

FatalException0E · January 8th, 2010, 05:23 PM

Everything was set right, just wouldn't play. Returned the Linksys and got a Netgear...will see how that goes. The Linksys kept dropping connections anyway.

Tekboy · March 3rd, 2010, 11:14 PM

Yeah, I am tired of buying routers that come with an out of date firmware, and won't work right out of the box. to me, there is just something wrong with the way most consumer level routers are packaged and sold.

WebHead · March 4th, 2010, 01:15 AM

Hmm, strange. I bought my sis that exact same router just a few months back. I took her with me to Fry's to pick it up. I helped her hook it up to use with her Dell laptop. Easiest setup I ever did. I plugged it into the DSL modem and the AC on the wall. Then I connected her laptop to it with the ethernet cable that came with it. Installed the software that came with it, ran through the steps, unplugged the cable, connected over wifi and a few minutes later we were done and she kicked me out so she could watch shows on Hulu. Yeah, you're welcome sis. :P

Maybe you just got a bad one. It happens.

January 5th, 2010, 01:33 PM	#1
FatalException0E Bored Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cibolo, TX (San Antonio area) Posts: 4,461 FarBux: 83,219,460,816.90	802.11n fail So for almost a year we've had a laptop with an intel AGN wireless card. We just got a Linksys WRT160N router, and we can't get an N connection. There are still G devices on the network (older laptop and Wii) but even when I set the router to N only, no luck. Intel's drive update utility showed no update available for the wireless NIC. WTF is going on? __________________ Nulla Tenaci Invia Est Via My wife is crafty...jewelry-wise, that is.

January 5th, 2010, 11:17 PM	#2
craigmodius Has posted alot Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: meth valley, pa Posts: 5,711 FarBux: 228,857.24	is the Intel card's N Radio enabled in Device Manager? __________________ Are you taking this all in? I wonder if you can? And is that statement true, "I think, therefore I am"? Or, as George Orwell said, "Ignorance is Bliss". If that's the case, there's alotta happy people out there who don't exist. ~Jeff Guinness

January 6th, 2010, 09:43 PM	#4
craigmodius Has posted alot Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: meth valley, pa Posts: 5,711 FarBux: 228,857.24	should be OK __________________ Are you taking this all in? I wonder if you can? And is that statement true, "I think, therefore I am"? Or, as George Orwell said, "Ignorance is Bliss". If that's the case, there's alotta happy people out there who don't exist. ~Jeff Guinness

January 8th, 2010, 05:23 PM	#5
FatalException0E Bored Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cibolo, TX (San Antonio area) Posts: 4,461 FarBux: 83,219,460,816.90	Everything was set right, just wouldn't play. Returned the Linksys and got a Netgear...will see how that goes. The Linksys kept dropping connections anyway. __________________ Nulla Tenaci Invia Est Via My wife is crafty...jewelry-wise, that is.

March 3rd, 2010, 11:14 PM	#6
Tekboy Old Buzzard Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Posts: 14,803 FarBux: 190,815.20	Yeah, I am tired of buying routers that come with an out of date firmware, and won't work right out of the box. to me, there is just something wrong with the way most consumer level routers are packaged and sold. __________________ Another tollbooth on the Information Superhighway.

March 4th, 2010, 01:15 AM	#7
WebHead Autobot Has posted quite alot Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 31,137 FarBux: 88,887.40	Hmm, strange. I bought my sis that exact same router just a few months back. I took her with me to Fry's to pick it up. I helped her hook it up to use with her Dell laptop. Easiest setup I ever did. I plugged it into the DSL modem and the AC on the wall. Then I connected her laptop to it with the ethernet cable that came with it. Installed the software that came with it, ran through the steps, unplugged the cable, connected over wifi and a few minutes later we were done and she kicked me out so she could watch shows on Hulu. Yeah, you're welcome sis. :P Maybe you just got a bad one. It happens. __________________ three.sentenc.es

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