pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 I've just had BT infinity installed with the Homehub 3 and have upgraded my laptop wireless adapter with an Intel 4965AGN card to take advantage of the increased speed of the "N" connection. The installation worked seemingly correctly and I'm connected to the hub but only at 54.0 Mbps which is exactly the same as my old wireless "G" card. I understood I should be able to get up to 300 Mbps with the new card. Any ideas why not? Win XP Pro with SP3, Lenovo 3000 N200 laptop with T9300 CPU Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Hi I have Googled your problem and found that with the BT Homehub 3 this is a common problem. One guy dumped it and bought his own router and that solved his problem. Does this help at all ? click here Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Hi I have Googled your problem and found that with the BT Homehub 3 this is a common problem. One guy dumped it and bought his own router and that solved his problem. Does this help at all ? click here Many thanks, I had heard some people had had problems with the Hub3, I may just revert to the Hub2 which I still have to see if that works any better. What a shame BT can't provide a genuine "upgrade"! Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 It would be interesting to see if Home Hub v2 gives you any better than 54mbs Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Interesting, I tried the Hub 2 and connection speed is immediately 130Mbps, as I suspected Hub 3 is a poor "upgrade" Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 It could possibly be a setting in the Hub-3 software. The 802.11 setting ..........if this is set to something other than "N" then this would explain. I can't see why it would be though - but may be worth a look. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Had a look at advanced settings in the hub3 and there is an option to set to Wireless N only, default is b,g,n. However the same screen suggests the current speed is actually 130Mbps, odd as the adapter reports this as 54Mbps. Maybe I am getting more than it seems? Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 At least the two versions agree. In Device Manager click on the + next to Network Adapters > Properties > Advanced Is there anything related to 802.11 settings there ? Also Are you using WPA2 security on the router? Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 At least the two versions agree. In Device Manager click on the + next to Network Adapters > Properties > Advanced Is there anything related to 802.11 settings there ? Also Are you using WPA2 security on the router? Yes Device manager has settings to limit connection to a,b, or g or to allow auto selection which is default. Nowhere is there a choice to set N only Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Nowhere is there a choice to set N only This is probably the problem. What is listed for the wireless adapter ? EDIT Sorry - you posted it in your first post Have you got the most recent drivers installed from the manufacturers website for the wireless card ? Is this your card? click here Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Hi Ken, Yep, that's the card. Latest driver and PROSet software installed this morning. I think I might just leave things as they are, I don't think I'm going to suffer from not having the extra speed, I'm getting 21Mb download using the wireless connection and anything I need to transfer over the network is not likely to be a problem at the speeds I'm getting. It's just we all want to see what "it says on the tin" I guess. Thanks for your efforts. Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Also found this that may be of interest: click here Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
pilotbob Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 A very interesting article which seems to confirm my rather cynical view of things. A new system which has been implemented by numerous manufacturers before it's been thoroughly tested and debugged! Quote
KenB Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Hi A new system which has been implemented by numerous manufacturers before it's been thoroughly tested and debugged! I have just located the original article - dated 1 October 2009 Things will have moved on a bit since then. It was actually the Troubleshooting Tips I posted it for :) Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
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