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One router (BGN), different speeds on wireless NIC's? What's with?
The eagle-eyed amongst you would have spotted a difference... I spoke with my ISP today and got them to remove the channel bonding so as not to cause problems for my neighbours, set my security to AES not TKIP, and set me up on a channel least used. Last thing they were going to check for me...- Tj_El
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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One router (BGN), different speeds on wireless NIC's? What's with?
OK. Seated in the same room now as the router and it's about 4' away. All bars lit up in system tray Status: Graph:- Tj_El
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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One router (BGN), different speeds on wireless NIC's? What's with?
Under the Advanced settings I see the following Properties (I have no idea what all these mean...): 802.11n Preamble - set to Green field mode. Other option is Mixed Mode Afterburner - options are either Enabled or Disabled. Curr = Enabled. AP Compatibility Mode - options are either...- Tj_El
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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One router (BGN), different speeds on wireless NIC's? What's with?
Hi Tim, yes you're right. Running the Wi-Fi Analytics Tool shows that my router (Draytek) is running in the 2.4GHz band on channels "6+2". See below images (I hope the images are sharp/clear enough) Today there isn't much wireless activity - I guess because it's a tad late (23:23 GMT)...- Tj_El
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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One router (BGN), different speeds on wireless NIC's? What's with?
Hi, I have an N-rated router (I know, I know...there are newer faster AC ones out there, but this is fine for me) in my living room. In my bedroom, I have 3 laptops. One (my wife's: Acer) shows a status of 150Mbps and has an Atheros wireless card. One (my work: HP) shows a max of only...- Tj_El
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Not sure if this is right place: advice getting TV working with smartphone over Wifi
..errr...please ignore this thread Please delete the thread. Thanks.- Tj_El
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- Forum: General Wi-Fi Discussion
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Not sure if this is right place: advice getting TV working with smartphone over Wifi
Hi, As per the heading, I'm not certain if this is the right forum for this so if not please point me in the right direction. Thank you. My issue is this: I have a Sony TV (KDL-26EX553) connected to my wifi. I'm trying to get my Sony smartphone to connect to the TV using the Media Remote...- Tj_El
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Expert Guidance required for setting up AP
Hi overdrive31, When you say: can I take it you mean to get the details from the ISP or would using the ipconfig command give me this information? Thank you :o- Tj_El
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- Forum: General Wi-Fi Discussion
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Expert Guidance required for setting up AP
Hi, I have an ISP-managed router Draytek Vigor 2710n and a TP-Link TL-WA701ND 150 Mbps Wireless N AP which I want to connect directly to the ISP router via a long Ethernet cable in order to have a wireless signal from a more central location rather than using the TP-Link as an AP extender -...- Tj_El
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Need assistance with improving network: ISP router>Switch>AP
Thanks Dreamslacker for your advice. Don't know if I should post my next question here or in the Wireless section... The TP-Link AP "supports multiple operating modes (Access Point, Multi-SSID, Client, Universal/ WDS Repeater, Bridge with AP)". Don't suppose you could confirm for me which... -
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Need assistance with improving network: ISP router>Switch>AP
Dear All. Being a bit of a newbie I need expert assistance. I stumbled across this site recently while looking for help and it looks to be just the place for it. The situation is this: I have 2 desktops, 3 laptops and 2 smartphones that all need connectivity. I have a Draytek ISP router...