Dlink DIR615 & Dlink N Adaper DWA140.

[Welshchris]

My mate has had 50 mb installed today and wants to setup the system on wireless so he can put his router ontop of the cupboard out of the way.

Anyway for some reason i cant get the adapter into N Mode its only operating in G mode 54mb/s.

The router ive even tried to set to work at N mode only and it connects at 54mb/s only.

ive downloaded the latest drivers for windows 7 from D link site, did a speed test on speedtest.net and hes getting around 29mb/s, using an ethernet he gets 47.4mb or there abouts.

Any ideas i can get this to kick into Wireless N Mode?

[Aragorn]

Not sure about draft-n, but 802.11G routers would only work at the speed of the slowest adapter on the network. Does he have any other adapters connecting to the router or just the DWA140?

---------- Post added at 09:24 ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 ----------

Has he got WEP security enabled on the router, rather than WPA/WPA2?

Originally Posted by dlink

Note: the 802.11n standard no longer includes supportfor WEP. If you enable WEPencryption on an 11N device, it will fall back to 802.11g speeds(54 Mbps)

[Welshchris]

he has the same card as im using with this router in another PC which is his sons which is an edimax ew-7728IN which is wireless N and thats connecting at 300mps.

[Aragorn]

Have you tried swapping the two adapters around ? That way you will know whether it's the adapter/driver or the OS causing problems.

[Welshchris]

if i was to do that i would void the warrenty on his new system as it has a security seal at the back of the case.

[Aragorn]

OK - you could at least plug the USB adapter in to the other computer and see what speed it connects at.