jetmantrunks
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i've lately purchased an edimax BR-6424n wireless router and have connected my win xp pc to it directly with LAN and my win7 laptop using wifi.
up untill a few days ago i've been using my built in laptop wifi adapter (b/g) and got around 35% signal strength and could transfer files from my laptop to my desktop at around 1.5-2.5MBps.
this seemed very slowed to me so i've purchased a usb wifi adapter with a 5dbi antenna which claims to be 300mbps (in 802.11n on 40mhz). after installing it's drivers i can see on it's control panel (realtek 11n software) that my Tx and Rx keep jumping around, but even when they are Tx:150 Mbps, Rx:300 (or is it the other way around? i forgot) i still get only around 1.5-2.5MBps transfer between my desktop and laptop (a bit slower when uploading from my latop to my desktop).
the realtek control panel states my link quality is 98-100% and signal strength bounces around 58-60%. any idea why i get such low speeds?
also i can choose to keep both my built in laptop wifi adapter connected to my router on 802.11g and my usb wifi adapter connected to 802.11n, is that supposed to improve my connection or will it just use the best connection?
stats:
*my router is configured to use either 20 or 40mhz automatically
*my router transmits on 2.4ghz(B+G+N)
*Tx power on my router is set to 100%
*when i look at my active wireless clients i see my built in wifi and usb wifi adapters at such:
802.11 PhyMode Power Save BandWidth
OFDM ON 20M (the built in one if im not mistaken)
HTMIX OFF 40M
up untill a few days ago i've been using my built in laptop wifi adapter (b/g) and got around 35% signal strength and could transfer files from my laptop to my desktop at around 1.5-2.5MBps.
this seemed very slowed to me so i've purchased a usb wifi adapter with a 5dbi antenna which claims to be 300mbps (in 802.11n on 40mhz). after installing it's drivers i can see on it's control panel (realtek 11n software) that my Tx and Rx keep jumping around, but even when they are Tx:150 Mbps, Rx:300 (or is it the other way around? i forgot) i still get only around 1.5-2.5MBps transfer between my desktop and laptop (a bit slower when uploading from my latop to my desktop).
the realtek control panel states my link quality is 98-100% and signal strength bounces around 58-60%. any idea why i get such low speeds?
also i can choose to keep both my built in laptop wifi adapter connected to my router on 802.11g and my usb wifi adapter connected to 802.11n, is that supposed to improve my connection or will it just use the best connection?
stats:
*my router is configured to use either 20 or 40mhz automatically
*my router transmits on 2.4ghz(B+G+N)
*Tx power on my router is set to 100%
*when i look at my active wireless clients i see my built in wifi and usb wifi adapters at such:
802.11 PhyMode Power Save BandWidth
OFDM ON 20M (the built in one if im not mistaken)
HTMIX OFF 40M