I just bought a new router to upgrade my 802.11g to 802.11n. However I am not being able to get any of my devices connecting at above 54Mbps. The setup is as follows:
Router:
- Belkin N1 Vision (802.11n draft 2.0 compatible - 3x3 radio design)
Devices:
- Sony Vaio TZ. Network adapter: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
It connects at a fixed 54Mbps rate
- Dell Inspiron 1420. Network adapter: Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card
It connects at 5.5Mbps to 36Mpbs rate (keeps varying every few seconds)
The driver configurations are as following (under Device Manager)
Sony notebook:
- 802.11n Channel Width: Auto (alternative is 20MHz only)
- 802.11n Mode: Enabled
- Ad-Hoc Channel 802.11 b/g: 11 (this is a text field, accepts any number)
- Ad-Hoc Default Wireless Mode: 802.11 b/g (alternative is 802.11a)
- Ad-Hoc Power Management: Disabled
- Ad-Hoc QoS Mode: WMM Disabled
- Fat Channel Intolerant: Disabled
- Mixed mode protection: CTS-to-Self Enabled (alternative RTS/CTS enabled)
- Roaming aggressive: Medium
- Throughput enhancement: Enabled
- Transmit power: Highest
- Wireless mode: 802.11a/b/g (alternatives are a only, b only, g only, b/g, a/g)
Dell notebook
- 802.11h+d: Loose 11h (alternatives: Loose 11h+d, Strict 11h)
- Afterburner: Disabled
- Antenna Diversity: Auto (alternatives: Mix, Main)
- AP Compatibility Mode: Higher Performance (alt: broader compatibility)
- Band Preference: None (alt: prefer 802.11a, prefer 802.11b/g)
- Bandwidth Capability: 11a/b/g-20/40MHz
- Bluetooth Colaboration: Enable
- BSS Mode: 802.11n (alts: 802.11b, 802.11g)
- Disable Bands: None
- Fragmentation Threshold: 2346 (number field)
- IBSS 54g Protection Mode: Auto (alt: disabled)
- IBSS Mode: b only (alts: abg auto, abgn auto) [I have tried setting this to abgn auto and totally lost connectivity]
- Locally administered MAC address: not present
- Minimum Power Consumption: Enabled
- PLCP header: Auto (alts: Long)
- Priority and VLAN: Disabled (alts: Priority and VLAN Enabled, Priority Enabled, VLAN Enabled)
- Rate 802.11a: Use best rate
- Rate 802.11b/g: Use best rate
- Roam Tendency: moderate
- Roaming Decision: default (alts: optimize bandwidth, optimize distance)
- RTS threshold: 2347 (number field)
- WMM: Auto (alts: enable/disable)
- WZC IBSS Channel Number: 20MHz (alts: dozens of frequencies)
- XPress (TM) Technology: Disabled