Belkin Pre-N notebook card problems
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Posted by J&SB on November 26, 2005, 10:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have had a Belkin Pre-N router and a Pre-N notebook card for several months now. Up until recently, my laptop has been running Windows 2000, and I was forced to use a free WPA-PSK client available from McAfee in order to support WPS-PSK security. In any event, I've had rather flawless connectivity and excellent data rates with the Pre-N using WPA-PSK. The other day, I decided to upgrade the OS on the laptop to XP(SP2). After a fresh install of XP, I installed the Pre-N notebook card software and drivers. Since then, I've had absolutely lousy connectivity either by using the Belkin application, or by letting Windows manage the wireless connection. When I do achieve connectivity, it's at a few Kbps - even when in the same room with the router. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be wrong with my configuration, and what I might do to to correct it? Thanks. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by John Navas on November 27, 2005, 4:26 am
Please log in for more thread options [POSTED TO alt.internet.wireless - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] Signal strength? Any other networks on the same channel? -- Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
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Posted by Quaoar on November 27, 2005, 8:16 am
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J&SB wrote: > I have had a Belkin Pre-N router and a Pre-N notebook card for several
> months now. Up until recently, my laptop has been running Windows > 2000, and I was forced to use a free WPA-PSK client available from > McAfee in order to support WPS-PSK security. In any event, I've had > rather flawless connectivity and excellent data rates with the Pre-N > using WPA-PSK. > The other day, I decided to upgrade the OS on the laptop to XP(SP2). > After a fresh install of XP, I installed the Pre-N notebook card > software and drivers. Since then, I've had absolutely lousy > connectivity either by using the Belkin application, or by letting > Windows manage the wireless connection. When I do achieve > connectivity, it's at a few Kbps - even when in the same room with > the router. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be > wrong with my configuration, and what I might do to to correct it? > Thanks. Google for winsockxpfix.exe and run it to reset the TCP/IP stack. Do also what has been suggested for firewall, anti-virus, etc. You might (probably already have done this?) reset the router to basic config until you get the connection issues resolved. Run the wireless network wizard sometimes helps if you have been setting up manually. Wireless Zero Configuration service should be disabled if using the Belkin utility. Likewise the Belkin utility must not be running of using WZC. The wireless networking wizard needs WZC. Check all of the wireless settings: uncheck 802.11x authentication, select infrastructure only, disable autoconnect to non-preferred networks. Make sure your network is the only entry in Preferred networks. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by J&SB on November 27, 2005, 10:33 am
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Looks like a combination of 3 things. First off, connectivity was just fine this morning when I booted up the laptop. There must have been excessive interference yesterday in the neighborhood. Secondly, I turned off the Windows firewall and throughput indeed improved. Lastly, changed to AES on the WPA-PSK and got the most noticeable increase in data rate. Things look just fine now. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. >I have had a Belkin Pre-N router and a Pre-N notebook card for several
>months now. Up until recently, my laptop has been running Windows 2000, >and I was forced to use a free WPA-PSK client available from McAfee in >order to support WPS-PSK security. In any event, I've had rather flawless >connectivity and excellent data rates with the Pre-N using WPA-PSK. > > The other day, I decided to upgrade the OS on the laptop to XP(SP2). > After a fresh install of XP, I installed the Pre-N notebook card software > and drivers. Since then, I've had absolutely lousy connectivity either by > using the Belkin application, or by letting Windows manage the wireless > connection. When I do achieve connectivity, it's at a few Kbps - even > when in the same room with the router. Does anyone have any suggestions > as to what may be wrong with my configuration, and what I might do to to > correct it? Thanks. > | |||||||||||||
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Posted by me here on November 27, 2005, 10:05 pm
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J&SB wrote: > I have had a Belkin Pre-N router and a Pre-N notebook card for
> several months now. Up until recently, my laptop has been running > Windows 2000, and I was forced to use a free WPA-PSK client available > from McAfee in order to support WPS-PSK security. In any event, I've > had rather flawless connectivity and excellent data rates with the > Pre-N using WPA-PSK. > > The other day, I decided to upgrade the OS on the laptop to XP(SP2). > After a fresh install of XP, I installed the Pre-N notebook card > software and drivers. Since then, I've had absolutely lousy > connectivity either by using the Belkin application, or by letting > Windows manage the wireless connection. When I do achieve > connectivity, it's at a few Kbps - even when in the same room with > the router. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be > wrong with my configuration, and what I might do to to correct it? > Thanks. From my experiences, poor network speed is most often due to firewall or antivirus settings. Turn them off and see how it performs. Eg. Avast antivirus reduces my network speed enormously if the network scanner module is enabled. Also make sure that the XP firewall is off. Cheers Rob | |||||||||||||
>months now. Up until recently, my laptop has been running Windows 2000, and
>I was forced to use a free WPA-PSK client available from McAfee in order to
>support WPS-PSK security. In any event, I've had rather flawless
>connectivity and excellent data rates with the Pre-N using WPA-PSK.
>
>The other day, I decided to upgrade the OS on the laptop to XP(SP2). After
>a fresh install of XP, I installed the Pre-N notebook card software and
>drivers. Since then, I've had absolutely lousy connectivity either by using
>the Belkin application, or by letting Windows manage the wireless
>connection. When I do achieve connectivity, it's at a few Kbps - even when
>in the same room with the router. Does anyone have any suggestions as to
>what may be wrong with my configuration, and what I might do to to correct
>it? Thanks.