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[Lycan]

got it on 20/40 auto but 130Mbits is the highest i can get in mixed mode. N only is not an option since I've got 2 laptops with 3945BG cards (54G)

Intel only supports the 20 Channel width. 130 is the maximum speed you will see with an Intel adapter.

[Raphie]

ThnX Lycan, puts my mind at ease (my wallet towards more Dlink)

Why doesn't Dlink release a 300Mbit N MiniPCIe card for in notebooks?
i don't want to walk around with a USB stick 

[Lycan]

Look at the DWA-643, that should do what you need.

[rlcronin]

Thanks, i am running WPA2 only (AES, no TPIK) howeveri am running 20/40Mhz and G/N mixed mode (since i have 2 54G laptops and a PS3) i will test with N only to see what happens then.

What is the max speed that you guys can get in a mixed mode (G/N) enviroment?

Pardon me for jumping in so late on this, but for what its worth, I have a mixed G and N environment with a bunch of devices (TiVo's, Mac's, NAS boxes, etc.) connected to my wireless network via SMC Wireless-N Access Point/Client boxes (SMCWEB-N) in client mode. I have seen 270 megabits to the one closest to the DIR-655. As the others are considerably further away (with signal strengths in the high 60's to low 80's, as opposed to the 100% for the closest ones) they don't fare as well (currently ranging from 54 megabits to 108). The SMC boxes firmware appears to be from the same vendor as the DIR-655's (the screens are VERY similar). Ubicom, I'd guess. Anyway, just my two cents.

[thecreator]

got it on 20/40 auto but 130mbits is the highest i can get in mixed mode. N only is not an option since i've got 2 laptops with 3945BG cards (54G)

Hi Raphie,

Try going with 802.11n only mode and see what speed you obtain, then go back to mixed mode.

[CrunchyDoodle]

This concern for getting a 300mbps connection is interesting. I have a reported 270mbps connection to a DAP-1555 AP. When I try to stream HD video, which is the purpose of the DAP-1555, this connection bandwidth proves to be only about 25mbps. I say this this because HD does not stream steadily and when I check the network data rate, it's running about 25mbps. I'm guessing I need about 30mbps for 1080i to stream steadily. 720P seems to flow steadily at about 20-22 mbps - just under the top limit. And my signal level is usually 100%.

So, what's the point of a reported 300mbps? The real performance is hardly 10% of the reported rate.

Bye.       

[Rad Spencer]

Connection speed and actual throughout are different.
Everyone knows this. The point of the connection speed is that is the speed the connection is established at. The reason for the actual through-put being so much slower is environmental interference.  You might actually see close to 300Mbps if you were in the vacuum of space. 

[CrunchyDoodle]

Well, I live in the real world here on earth. The real world in a real city here in the USA is filled with wireless telephones that operate at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz. I have at least a dozen wireless nodes I can see when I do a wireless scan. That's the real world. I find this wireless N marketing to be a bad joke on us cyber consumers. I am not singling out D-Link here. They are all guilty of grossly exaggerated claims for wireless N. I'm surprised some greedy lawyer hasn't taken them all to the cleaners. Can you tell I'm dissapointed in the performance of my wireless N hardware.

Bye.     

Connection speed and actual throughout are different.
Everyone knows this. The point of the connection speed is that is the speed the connection is established at. The reason for the actual through-put being so much slower is environmental interference.  You might actually see close to 300Mbps if you were in the vacuum of space. 

[Rad Spencer]

Understandably, however it is what it is. If the router is not performing to your expectations, return it. Thats the wonderful thing about buyers remorse. I still fail to see how your performance could be that bad. I have the same router and it moves. I have no problem streaming multiple HD streams to hardwired PCs as well  NON-HD streams to DSM-510s.

[CrunchyDoodle]

Actually, I have sent back two sets of N wireless gear in the last month or so. In my experience so far, the D-Link hardware is the least worst.   

So that I can understand you clearly, are you saying you can or cannot stream HD wirelessly? When I read your words, it seems you can wirelessly stream SD, but not HD. Wired has never been a problem for me. If I temporarily run a CAT6 line down the stairs, I can stream 1080i cleanly. It's wireless that gives me trouble.

So, can you stream HD (720P or 1080i) with ease via a wireless link?

Bye.     

[Rad Spencer]

No i don't try to stream HD wireless-ly. I know better. Wireless is to finicky. I use it for what it's capable of doing, not what a marketing department attempts to tell me what it can do. I test my hardware to the breaking point.
So no I do not stream HD over wireless. In fact I don't even game wireless.
The fact of the matter is that wireless is still in it's developmental stages. It'll be there in the next few years, but as it stands now, I wouldn't expect HD wireless streams to operate in too many home environments. My guess is D-Link is able to get this to work in their labs. Give it time.

[Rara Avis]

I get in trouble for this regularly but I am gonna go there again.  There is no situation where it is OK to need wireless in a home environment!

Think about that, read it a couple times and let it sink in.

Wireless is a convenience and not even a very convenient convenience if you ask me.  Between the number of threads complaining about slow wireless performance in their environment, to the number of people who won't test their wireless properly because the rightfully view it as a security risk.  The risk is inherent to wireless and the ONLY encryption that is currently considered secure is WPA(2)/EAP!  Even then it should not be relied on as secure.

Media is huge, there is no good way to encode audio or video that allows faithful reproduction and manageable file size.  This file size becomes stream bandwidth and running that through the air is just a bad idea.  If you want to stream HD wirelesly then please build a little FM station from a kit at your local electronics store and broadcast a private usage HDTV channel, just don't put to much power behind it or you will get a call from the FCC.

[Rad Spencer]

OMG! I'm gunna do it.

[Lycan]

Lets try to refrain from instructing our members in how to break FCC regulations.
Also please try to post useful and informative information.


Thank you.

    -Lycan.

[Rara Avis]

Actually it is only illegal if they can prove you intended to broadcast it beyond your house (and we mean substantially beyond) or were trying to maliciously interfere with public broadcasts.  There is a specific power roof set to help enforce this, but it is beyond generous in my opinion.  Low power FM in the home is leeeegal!