Wireless G vs N?

[97'Scort]

My laptop defaults to a "G" connection instead of an "N" one, even though the wireless card is capable of N and so is my router. All my roommates don't have a problem with this, and they get much faster connections than I do, but their comps just default to N.

Anyone got a clue how to find this setting in Vista? I've been digging for about 2 hours now and can not find the damn thing.

[dragonone]

what's the speed at the momen? 54/65/130?

[ZMan2k2]

What I would do, is go into the router settings and change it to a "n" broadcast only. That should ensure the connection.

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by dragonone
what's the speed at the momen? 54/65/130?

54 by the look of it. I'll try the router setting.

[jwslam]

what wireless card you got?

maybe it's in the laptop itself

my lenovo has "thinkvantage" some shit that's completely independent of windows. if i try to connect by windows it tells me "windows cannot configure this wireless connection."

[ZMan2k2]

I did some research, and I found out that to use the wireless "N", you need to use wpa2 wireless security. Otherwise your laptop will connect to whichever it feels like.

[dr_jared88]

Any reason why you want to force it to use N over G?

Unless you are transferring big files over the network or having issues with your range I wouldn't waste my time. The real plus to N is it's range. Even the speed gain from G is marginal. Your actual throughput with N is nowhere near what the box says.

[97'Scort]

I figured out the problem. The card in my laptop is labelled wrong, and isn't actually an N card. New one on the way :guns: