Having Trouble With My New Wireless Card

[The boy 4rm oz]

The channel selection was set to Auto but I will cycle through all 13 channels to see which one works best. Thanks for all your help guys. The card still only shows up as 54mbps though.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well I got I started at channel one and after worked my way though to channel 5 and that is when the network crashed completely. The whole wireless network went down and I had to reset everything. I'm not game enough to try the other 8 channels lol.

[nevermind1534]

I'd say that there's definitely something wrong with your hardware. Did you upgrade the firmware on your router yet?

[The boy 4rm oz]

The firmware on the router is completely up to date. I have heard that the 108Mbps cards are being phased out and the router firmware doesn't support it anymore. I will try to roll back to an earlier version.

I am also going to remove the drivers for the card then use the TP-Link utility to install the adapter, the thing is the utility doesn't work for me.

[crenn]

Download the drivers from the TP-Link website, but since you're using Vista, just use the ones Vista downloads itself.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Already tried that. The adapter has the latest drivers.

[J-Roc]

Download the software from the MFG website. They usually have utillity apps that let you adjust power to the attenna to increase signal strength. Perhaps the card defaults to 54mbps and you need to change it.

[nevermind1534]

Some routers even have the higher speeds disabled by default.

[The boy 4rm oz]

The only think is I can't find that app on th TP-LINK site. They only have driver packs for the desired cards which is meant to come with the app. The app is meant to install with the driver but doesn't for me. I have sent the tech support an email asking for a direct download link to the app.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I just checked my email and this is what they sent me:

QUOTE:
Dear Jason,

Thank you very much for your email requesting information about our product.



1. The 108M mode only can be used when both of the device support Super G technology, TL-WN651G is a wireless 11G device, but Belkin N1 router is a wireless 11N router, it can works more than 108M when it work with other 11N device, and Belkin router do not support Super G technology when it work on 11G mode, that’s why they can not work together at 54Mbps.



2. the Utility now can not be used under Vista OS, but now our R & D is working to release the Utility that supports Vista, and it will come out a few weeks later.



Any further help please feel free to let me know.

Best Regards

This seems strange to me because the router I have does state that it broadcasts on g, b and n.

Looks like I just wasted $40, maybe I should just take it back and spend an extra $40 to get one from D-Link.