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I have a TrendNet wireless N router. It is configured to only connect to N network cards. My 1000 HE connects to the router but only gets 150mbps. Shouldn't I be able to get 300mbps? It is not because of signal as I can be right next to the router. Any ideas how to get it to connect at the higher speed?
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You are getting it... Windows XP only reports one side of the N wireless bandwidth. This is a limitation of the GUI and not your card or router. Windows 7 does not have this limitation. I can sit my EEE side by side with my Windows 7 test machine and XP reports 150 and the other reports 300. Both have N cards and are using the same router configured for N only operation. XP is a good friend that has gotten a little long in the tooth and this is one of those limitations.
Most of the new drivers from the wireless card OEMs will include a utility that will run to show you the true connect speed. But I wouldn't waste the overhead running it in your situation, just double what XP is reporting.
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Make sure your hardware is set to automatic in the device manager.
Speeds can also be affected by router settings as well:
Rapier wrote:
I recently got the Intel 5300 network card for my 1000H. I was getting so-so connections between 54 and 130 mbps. I searched around and found this solution posted over at a tablet PC website. It worked for me and now I get a consistent 270 mbps connections on my N-router (DD-WRT firmware). Hopefully it can help some of you guys out.
"I recently got an 802.11N router as well (D-Link DIR-655). I could connect at basic N speeds just fine (65 mbps) but it took a lot of work for me to get it setup to work properly. Also, I am using the Wi-Fi 5100 (I assume you have the 5100, 5300, or 5350, because the other adapter doesn't support 802.11N). I have a pretty detailed thread on this subject on the sister site that you may want to check out.
You must enable 802.11N on the router (start with 802.11N only at first to make sure it works, then switch to BGN if you have legacy devices). You should be using WPA2 Personal w/ AES encryption to get decent performance and security (WEP is not supported by 802.11N and will force you to drop down to 802.11G). These settings should allow you to connect at 65 or 130 mbps (Access connections and task manager report differently).
If you want to get full 802.11N speeds you will need to enable 40MHz channel width on both the router and the card (DISABLED ON BOTH BY DEFAULT). Browse your router settings and set it to 40 MHz (or Auto if 40 MHz is not an option). Open up properties for your Wi-Fi card in device manager and find "802.11N channel width for 2.4GHz" under the advanced tab. You must set this to automatic. This should enable you to connect at 150/300 mbps.
Using these settings I get full 802.11N support and am able to transfer files from my desktop to my x200 Tablet at 111Mbps (this is very god for an N router). You should also be aware that 802.11N routers don't work too well with 802.11G clients (they run slower than on a G network, and an active client will undermine the performance of your N devices); you may want to add not replace if you have legacy devices."
Hope this helps. If it does not, then you are already connected at your maximum 
-as per explained by Davidseee
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Thank you both for the info. I am running Windows 7 with the built-in Win7 wireless driver. I have the router set for 11n only. I have it chained to a Linksys router that is 11g/b so all of my other computers that only have 11g/b are connected to that so the Trendnet is totally dedicated to N traffic.
I looked at the Windows 7 atheros driver setting but didn't see any properties to change (there was one for 11n Adhoc - not sure what that does). I will poke around my router again to see if there are any other settings that might help.
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Even with a N network it doenst mean you will automatically get 300mbits.
N network supports 150Mbit and 300Mbit using 20MHz and 40MHz bandwidth respectively. Make sure your router is set to 40MHz
As for showing 300Mbit on XP, its hit or miss for me... My 1000HE xp sp3 HE connects at 300, while my other laptop xp sp3 HE will only report 150.
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looking at the connection properties on my 1000HE it says im connected @ 300MB/s
looking at the connection properties on my router (Dlink DIR-655) it says im connected @ 270MB/s
the fastest throughput ive ever seen using DU meter in actuality is about 80-90MB/s
...so it goes...
Last edited by nolt (2009-05-09 3:47:23 pm)
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Bear with me here. I thought I read where one netbook (it might have been the msi wind) because of power limitations in the design could not operate in the high type N wifi band and therefore could not achieve the highest throughput. Some of the owners naturally felt cheated because the netbook was heavily advertised as type N. However, apparently some of you are achieving reasonable speeds (300 mbps) with your ASUS (1000HE I assume) so can it be said the ASUS does not have this problem? Thanks.
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Yea 1000he operates only on the 2.4ghz freq 20hz. only the 40hz can transfer up to 300mbs. Just buy a new intel card off ebay for $20. thats what i did.
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So the 1000HE only supports 20hz? How are others seeing higher speeds?
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the HE does 20 and 40MHz... not Hz, but it doesnt do dualband with 5.8
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I am using the Windows 7 and the built in Atheros driver. My router is set to 20/40Mhz. Anyone know how to force the Atheros in the 1000HE to 40Mhz using the Win 7 driver?
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So I think the driver for the Atheros card in the 1000HE needs to be configured to support 40Mhz using 2.4Ghz. I can't find out how to set this using Windows 7 and the Windows 7 Atheros driver.
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Hi there,
I had issues with my 802.11n setup as well. My router is a Linksys WRT310N running DD-WRT firmware. I had set the channel width to 40mhz but still only connected at 130mbit.
The answer was downloading modified drivers for my Atheros (AR928X) card in my 1000HE from :
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/ind … ;hl=AR928X
Install the latest driver, then reboot your 1000HE. You should now have some additional advanced settings which are accessible from within the Device Manager, including "Wireless Mode" where you can select a 40mhz channel option.
Apparently there are two different wireless cards used in the Asus 1000HE, so please make sure you have the Atheros and not the Ralink version if you want to give the above a try.
Hope this helps - I'm loving my 1000HE so far!
-- Phob
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Phobia,
Thanks for the idea.......I have been struggling with this for three days now. I successfully updated the driver and have the same cards as you. I also have a Linksys router WRT 610N and used the Wireless mode settings set to 40mhz. The router is set to 40 mhz band as well. My security settings are WPA2 - PSK and I used AES encription.
How does that sounds?........It still doesn't recognize my router. :-(
Hawk.
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My advice would be to just ditch that turd of a card but if u must keep it
Try and take remove the security password and see what it does. That will tell you if it has anything to do with the encryption.
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Phobia wrote:
Hi there,
I had issues with my 802.11n setup as well. My router is a Linksys WRT310N running DD-WRT firmware. I had set the channel width to 40mhz but still only connected at 130mbit.
The answer was downloading modified drivers for my Atheros (AR928X) card in my 1000HE from :
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/ind … ;hl=AR928X
Install the latest driver, then reboot your 1000HE. You should now have some additional advanced settings which are accessible from within the Device Manager, including "Wireless Mode" where you can select a 40mhz channel option.
Apparently there are two different wireless cards used in the Asus 1000HE, so please make sure you have the Atheros and not the Ralink version if you want to give the above a try.
Hope this helps - I'm loving my 1000HE so far!
-- Phob
What OS are you running? XP or Win 7?
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As a follow on.... apparently early N device drivers were at fault and did not allow XP to report dual channel performance. As drivers are being updated, now XP will report up to 300 mbps. Intially the Ralink drivers for the N cards would only report up to 135 but according to tech support, you were actually getting double that but XP wasn't reporting it.
The OEM supplied utilities would report properly but I sort of considered them bloat ware. Glad the OEMs are catching up with the proper drivers. I have an Intel 5100 mini-pcie crd and when I updated the driver, XP reports 300 mbps and the Advanced Properties tab now actually explains what all those settings are for. Way to go Intel.
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jjct1 wrote:
What OS are you running? XP or Win 7?
XP Home that was loaded on the 1000HE from the factory.
I'll probably switch to Windows 7 when it goes final - I run it in a VM at work for test purposes, but I don't trust it just yet for a main machine.
That link above includes a Win7 driver BTW. Its below the XP & Vista driver. Its currently the 3rd one down, look for :
v2.0.0.70 with modded INF v1.25 for both vista and Windows 7
Hawktree wrote:
Phobia,
Thanks for the idea.......I have been struggling with this for three days now. I successfully updated the driver and have the same cards as you. I also have a Linksys router WRT 610N and used the Wireless mode settings set to 40mhz. The router is set to 40 mhz band as well. My security settings are WPA2 - PSK and I used AES encription.
How does that sounds?........It still doesn't recognize my router. :-(
Hawk.
I use WPA-PSK on my WRT310N. Are you using Linksys firmware or DDWRT? Have you tried updating to a newer version?
I tried everything on the router side first as I had read somewhere that someone with a 1000HE had successfully connected at 300mbit "out of the box", so I figured the drivers were capable. At least in my case, I had no luck until getting the modded driver.
Good luck - I really hope you find the magic mix to make it all work!
Jrmobb wrote:
My advice would be to just ditch that turd of a card but if u must keep it ...
I've had terrific luck with Atheros cards - what do you suggest as an alternative? Intel has numerous issues with different APs, and the Ralink doesn't really seem any better than the Atheros either.
-- Phob
Last edited by Phobia (2009-05-15 9:39:45 am)
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I could not ad hoc network with my azureware card for the life of me. wireless worked ok.
I bought the intel 5300 for $20 off ebay and it solved my problem. ad hoc network works perfect with my iphone and i can now tether. wireless seems better as well
The intel 5300 is 5.0ghz and will support the next generation speeds of 400mbs when its out
Last edited by Jrmobb (2009-05-15 4:33:27 pm)
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Phobia wrote:
I use WPA-PSK on my WRT310N. Are you using Linksys firmware or DDWRT? Have you tried updating to a newer version?
I just recently started looking at firmware on the DDDWRT site and am looking forward to trying out the 610N version....for now it is "work in progress". For now I will continue to use the existing Linksys firmware..........it is still not as stable as I would like, even though it is a fast router.
Jrmobb wrote:
I bought the intel 5300 for $20 off ebay and it solved my problem.
Man o man, I am really tempted.....for $20 I could fix this and move on to my next project. It bugs me that the "N" claim is not entirely justified. :-)
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Jrmobb
There are two versions of the 5300 on eBay, one for IBM and HP's and the other for Dell. Which one did you buy? Also it looks like this 5300 version has actual antennas, which should be attached internally...........did you place them randomly?
I will pick one up this week.....thanks for your suggestion.
Hawktree.
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