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Title: Laptop won't connect using N, only G
Post by: jaydee77ca on December 20, 2009, 04:06:28 PM: Hi,

I am trying to connect my HP Pavilion dv7-2273ca Entertainment Notebook PC to my DLink DIR-655 in "802.11n only" mode and the laptop will not connect. I'm using WPA2 with AES with transmission rate of "Best (automatic)" and channel width of "Auto 20/40 MHz". If I set the router to mixed mode then the laptop will connect at 54 Mbps (G mode), but won't connect in N mode.

The laptop has a Intel WiFi Link 1000 BGN card and I have installed the latest Intel wireless 1000 drivers (version 13.0.0.107). The DIR-655 router is at the latest firmware (version 1.32NA).

I've also noticed the following lines in the routers logs but I don't know if they're related:

Wireless system with MAC address XXXXXXXXXXXX disconnected for reason: Received Deauthentication.

I've contacted HP support and they said the issue is with the DLink router:

"I have done some research on the DLink DIR-655 wireless N router and came to know that the particular model has some issues with Intel Wireless cards. In fact most of the people using the Intel wireless card and the DIR-655 combination are getting exactly the same error as yours. Googling the 'error message' + 'model number of the router' will give you some idea about the issue. I recommend you to contact the technical support team of the Dlink."

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Laptop won't connect using N, only G
Post by: thecreator on December 20, 2009, 04:42:56 PM: Quote
The laptop has a Intel WiFi Link 1000 BGN card and I have installed the latest Intel wireless 1000 drivers (version 13.0.0.107). The DIR-655 router is at the latest firmware (version 1.32NA).

Hi jaydee77ca,

Simple Suggestion: Since the WiFi is not internal to the HP Notebook, why not replace the Intel Card with a matching D-Link Card of Xtreme N Notebook Adapter(DWA-652) for the D-Link DIR-655 Router?

You are going to be able to connect to the Router with the present setup, but not at the fastest speed.
Title: Re: Laptop won't connect using N, only G
Post by: Rolle on December 26, 2009, 01:40:21 PM: I have the same problem on my HP laptop. Model HDX X16-1300EO has Intel 5100AGN builtin "N" wireless card and it connects to my network only with 65Mbps. On the wireless status page in my router administration page I see my laptop as

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SSID MAC Address IP Address Mode Rate (Mbps) Signal (%) xxxxxx XXXXXXXXXXXX 192.168.0.xxx 802.11n (2.4GHz) 130 100
So router sees it as 130Mbps connection, but my laptop says otherwise. Anyhow it still uses 65Mbps as I get max transfer of 4-5 MB/s to the laptop.

Anyone has a solution?
Title: Re: Laptop won't connect using N, only G
Post by: PatchOSU on December 27, 2009, 04:50:18 PM: I'm having the same problem. I just bought a Dell 1555 with an internal Intel 5300 B/G/N wireless card. The laptop will only connect to the DIR-655 using G at 54 mbs. Both the laptop and the router show a G connection at 54 mbs. If I set the router to N only, the laptop can not connect at all. Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Laptop won't connect using N, only G
Post by: Junpei on December 28, 2009, 01:20:18 PM: Have you tried setting your Network card/adapter to N Only mode?

I believe you go to device manager, right click you network card, properties, configure, and enable 11n (or however is it called, something with 11n in it)

I had this issue and found out that i needed to make sure that my adapter was up-to-date and that the N was enabled on my network card.
Title: Re: Laptop won't connect using N, only G
Post by: EddieZ on December 28, 2009, 01:26:26 PM: I would not be surprised if the Intel 1000 is underpowered, antenna-wise...