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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-825 => Topic started by: ibugsy213 on March 11, 2011, 01:05:04 PM
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hey guys, i have a d-link Dir-825 (Hardware Ver. B1/Firmware 2.02NA) and i wanna connect my ps3 to the 5ghz for online gaming but i cannot find the option for it. also when scanning on my iPod Touch and PS3 for a wireless connection i cannot find the SSID that i named for 5ghz and the only one that shows up is the other SSID i named for 2.4ghz.(both SSID are not the same name). is it really worth switching from 2.4ghz to 5ghz ? or do i need to update my firmware to get rid of this problem? please help me. Thanks.
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You need to ensure that your devices support the 5Ghz freqency and N mode. I bought a XBL wireless adaptor for my Xbox and I was able to game over Single mode N at 5Ghz. The connection depends on the support of the devices. I know the new xbox slim only supports 2.4Ghz on N max with the built in WiFi.
What do your devices support for WiFi?
If you do have something that does support the 5Ghz single mode N then you can put the router in this mode and try it.
Take a look at the gaming sticky over on the FAQ Library (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=304.0), good info, same info will work your router. UI is different.
You need a 1522 or 1533 for 5Ghz if you want to upgrade your game console to 5Ghz.
Link>Bridge Mode vs Relay vs Acess Point (AP) / Routers vs Dedicated Acess Points (AP) (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=50738.0)
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None of the devices you listed support the 5GHz or "N" band. You need to have the 2.4GHz band with "G" compatibility for those devices to work.
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The PS3 only supports wireless g so it will not recognize your wireless n 5ghz band. To achieve what you are asking you would need a D-Link DAP-1522 to bridge a wireless n connection to your ps3 (the dap will handle the wireless and provide a wired ethernet port to connect your ps3 to the network). This is the setup I have and it works great for 5ghz. No more complications with cordless phone or microwave.
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I've heard that some of the newer slim models actually support Wireless N but I doubt it's 5ghz. I turned off the 5ghz myself for the simple reason that I have no devices that support it but I may end up buying bridges later....