those "350" type speeds are marketing speak. You definitely should
see fast speeds and better range than G. If you don't have any B
devices, change to G/N mode which will improve speed for you.

wired will always be better by far over wireless, even N.

if a computer cannot connect it's probably because it doesn't
support the WPA option you specified. Try WPA-PSK TKIP if you can't
get any of the WPA2 or WPA-PSK AES options to work.

The fastest N speeds for the DIR 655 are with the 1.01 firmware
which allowed a 40MHz channel only. The WiFi Draft 2.0 N certified
firmware revs (1.02 and 1.03) are a little slower due to the changes
in how the 20/40 MHz ruling came down (being a good neighbor).

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:54:04 -0700, lzdesert
<lzdesert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Our home network consists of the subject line , a Windows Pro XP laptop,
>Windows XP home desktop (both of these are wired to the router); no problems
>there. Then I have the new gaming laptop (VISTA Home Premium) with the Intel
>WiFi Link 4965a/g/n. This is the wireless setup: WPA2-P, AES, 802.11 Mode is
>Mixed n,g &b, Enable Auto Channel Scan, Transm rate Best (automatic), Channel
>Width Auto 20/40 MHz, Group Key 3600 seconds. I have very little network
>experience.
>
>The gaming laptop connects to our wireless home network and is using 802.11n
>but the data speed only gets up to 130Mbps. When I connect the gaming laptop
>to the router with a cable it gets 1000Mbps. I thought wireless n would get
>up to speeds around 350Mbps. Is there some setting I can change to get more
>Mbps? Does the TCP have anything to do with it? (I know nothing about TCP).
>It doesn't matter if I am gaming or just surfing the internet the Mbps is
>around 130. Any words of wisdom to get this going faster.
>
>Will all wireless PC have to use 802.11n to use my Home network? Perhaps,
>any new wireless PC's will have to have their wireless card using WPA2-P &
>AES to work on my Home network.
>
>Also, a friend came over with his wireless laptop 802.11g card & use WinXP.
>It would not recognize our home network. Does all wireless pc's have to be
>802.11n (like my laptop) to use my home network? I was thinking that his
>driver for the wireless card was old and if he would get the latest driver
>could he change his cards settings to WPA2-P & AES with 802.11g and be able
>to connect to the home network. Is that true?
>
>I'm new at networking. Any info will be appreciated. Thanks.
>LZDESERT
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