Yesterday I got a new 108Mbps wireless card to replace my 54Mbps card.
My current 54Mbps card is a D-Link AirPlus G (DWL-6510) and the new 108Mbps card is a TP-Link TL-WN651G.
I installed the card and once I booted up the PC it automatically installed the required drivers for me. I thought this was a bit odd because a device like this has never done that for me before. The card had poor signal (1-2 bars constant) so I opened device manager and got the card to search for new drivers, the drivers were installed and the cards signal maxed out at 5 bar.
After about 5 mins of use the card kept losing internet signal and I had to refresh pages many times to get them to load up. Eventually the card disconnected fully from the network. I re-booted thinking it may just be a "new hardware glitch" which my Vista based PC always gets when I install new hardware, always takes a few boots to get it working properly. It worked slightly better this time but I had the same symptoms as before. I tried this a few more times but the problem still persists.
I opened the device properties in device manager and it says that the speed of the card is only running at 54Mbps, this is a little strange seeing as it is a 108Mbps card. We have a Belkin N1 MIMO WiFi router capable of 300Mbps so I don't think the router is the problem. The router broadcasts 802.11b/g/n so it covers the whole signal spectrum. My new wireless card runs at 802.11b.
Can any of you shed some light on my little connection problem and why my card is only running at half it's quoted speed.