plofstof12
12-05-2009, 09:16 PM
State of the art bleeding edge just sucks I guess.
My laptop has a Intel 5300 WiFi card.
I have a Billion 7420NX router.
Latest firmware and drivers on both.
When (if) I manage to get the two to talk to each other, the connection is dodgy. Data transfer rates drop frequently to <22Mbps, not even enough to sustain a divx stream.
Funny enough the connection is OK when unsecured.
If I enable WEP or WPA, the connection sometimes have DHCP issues forcing me to assign a static IP. Data transfer rates remain low.
I've googled this to the n'th and determined that this is a widely documented issue with Intel WiFi cards. It happens especially with Belkin and Billion routers.
Here (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=513208)'s one link about a billion guy with the same issue. Here (http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7585_102-0.html?threadID=22294)'s another about Belkin. And another (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/467637.html).
I've accepted that for now I'll have to pull my hair out and be done with it :mad: Expectations are that it may take months for firmware/driver upgrades to address these issues.
But I'd like to know if anyone out there with an Intel 5300 WiFi adapter found a router / access point that works flawless with it?
(the logic being that its cheaper to get a new router than a new laptop! :eek: )
My laptop has a Intel 5300 WiFi card.
I have a Billion 7420NX router.
Latest firmware and drivers on both.
When (if) I manage to get the two to talk to each other, the connection is dodgy. Data transfer rates drop frequently to <22Mbps, not even enough to sustain a divx stream.
Funny enough the connection is OK when unsecured.
If I enable WEP or WPA, the connection sometimes have DHCP issues forcing me to assign a static IP. Data transfer rates remain low.
I've googled this to the n'th and determined that this is a widely documented issue with Intel WiFi cards. It happens especially with Belkin and Billion routers.
Here (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=513208)'s one link about a billion guy with the same issue. Here (http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7585_102-0.html?threadID=22294)'s another about Belkin. And another (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/467637.html).
I've accepted that for now I'll have to pull my hair out and be done with it :mad: Expectations are that it may take months for firmware/driver upgrades to address these issues.
But I'd like to know if anyone out there with an Intel 5300 WiFi adapter found a router / access point that works flawless with it?
(the logic being that its cheaper to get a new router than a new laptop! :eek: )