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Title: DIR-655 combined with Dell 1510 wireless adaptor = not good combination??
Post by: latino on March 02, 2010, 02:19:41 AM

Hi there,

I have a Dell Studio 1735 with a builtin Dell (broadcom) 1510 minicard adapter (11n).
Is it possible to connect at 300mbps with this combination of adapter and router?

I've read this topic (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=616.0) and I tried this combination of recommended settings, but it didn't work.

I also tried using a N-network only, automatic channel selection, a high channel, a low channel, one of the 6,8 or 11 channels which were supposed to be the 'best' ones. I tried 20Mhz, 40Mhz and automatic. Still no luck. Sometimes I get 140mbps, then it drops to 54, 52, sometimes even a lot lower.

I have an A03 version with the new 1.31b2 firmware, but also tried it with my former 1.11 firmware

I also found this guy who had the same problem (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=9601.0), but unfortunately without follow up. I have the same driver as he does, and also Win7-64 bit. Might 64-bit windows be the problem? Or one of the many settings for the minicard driver on the laptop?

Title: Re: DIR-655 combined with Dell 1510 wireless adaptor = not good combination??
Post by: latino on March 03, 2010, 01:34:36 AM

I finally managed to go 300!  8)


First I used InSIDDer (http://download.cnet.com/3001-2085_4-10848357.html?spi=d50560788352d87b9) to check out the least used channel.

I then also changed a few settings n-only, 40Mhz Band and a dedicated free channel instead of the auto-option.
But I still ended up with a 130mbit connection sitting next to the router. So I started fiddling with the Dell mini-card options and I ran into this tip:

Quote

Wireless N performance on the Dell 1510 can be greatly improved by doing
the following;

In Windows 7
Right Click "Computer"
Select Manage
Go to the Device Manager from the left hand pane
Locate the Dell 1510 by selecting Network Adaptors and click the Dell Wireless 1510 N Adaptor

Right click, select Properties
Go to the Advanced Tab
Select Bandwith Capability
Select 11a/b/g:20/40MHz
Click OK

This should double the bandwith avaliable to 802.11n routers from
130mbps to 270mbps.

and it worked! Now I have a 300mbit connection next to the router, and +/- 150 in the bedroom, where I used to have between 30-70mbit.
I also changed the position from the antenna's, two of them are now pointing horizontally instead of right to the roof

I will have to check if I have hiccup-free streaming in the bedroom now, but that will have to wait as I will be watching Germany - Argentina today at my parents house ;)