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| System Name | The Beast |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1GHz |
| Motherboard | Asus P8P67 LE |
| Cooling | Stock |
| Memory | 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600MHz |
| Video Card(s) | 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD4650 Ultimate Edition |
| Storage | 60GB Corsair Force LE, 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1, 500GB Seagate |
| Display(s) | 22" Samsung T220HD & 19" Acer X193W |
| Case | Corsair Obsidian 750D |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX650W |
| Software | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
I bought a Netgear RangeMax Dual Band Wireless N adapter (Model# WNDA3100-200PES) and it, well, sucks. Not only am I only getting around 40% signal, which is the almost as low as the strength of the signal to the G routers in other houses, I'm also only getting 1Mb, if even, on a 30Mb connection.
I've tried it on 5GHz/2.4GHz mode, and just 2.4GHz mode and it's the same crap, slow as shit. I'm amazed that despite both the router and adapter being 802.11n, I barely even get 40% signal. My phone and iPod both connect to the router fine, as does my 360 which is wired. The 360 can't connect to my PC though.
I think I was spoiled when I used my simplistic wired connection in my old apartment, I think I should just go powerline? Shame it's going to run me €110 and I JUST wasted €40 on this stupid fucking wireless adapter and I can't return it as I stupidly binned the plastic wrapping and I ripped the box opening it. I didn't think it wouldn't work, I mean all it has to do is connect to the router...everything else works fine but noooo I can never get a bloody wireless adapter that works properly on PC.
I'm running their 1.0 bloatware and am going to try updating to 1.7 as it didn't work last time, hopefully it works this time.
Any suggestions on what to do/check? And this is my only option for powerline: click. Is there much difference speed wise in powerline compared to ethernet directly to the router?
I was gonna post a picture of where my wireless is sitting to see if it was in a bad place, but it's basically just sitting on my desk...and the 100kb image failed to upload, 5 times...
I've tried it on 5GHz/2.4GHz mode, and just 2.4GHz mode and it's the same crap, slow as shit. I'm amazed that despite both the router and adapter being 802.11n, I barely even get 40% signal. My phone and iPod both connect to the router fine, as does my 360 which is wired. The 360 can't connect to my PC though.
I think I was spoiled when I used my simplistic wired connection in my old apartment, I think I should just go powerline? Shame it's going to run me €110 and I JUST wasted €40 on this stupid fucking wireless adapter and I can't return it as I stupidly binned the plastic wrapping and I ripped the box opening it. I didn't think it wouldn't work, I mean all it has to do is connect to the router...everything else works fine but noooo I can never get a bloody wireless adapter that works properly on PC.
I'm running their 1.0 bloatware and am going to try updating to 1.7 as it didn't work last time, hopefully it works this time.
Any suggestions on what to do/check? And this is my only option for powerline: click. Is there much difference speed wise in powerline compared to ethernet directly to the router?
I was gonna post a picture of where my wireless is sitting to see if it was in a bad place, but it's basically just sitting on my desk...and the 100kb image failed to upload, 5 times...
