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Discussion in 'Networking and Computer Security' started by Techguy10101, May 22, 2008.

  1. Techguy10101

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    just got this router

    Netgear - RangeMax NEXT Wirelss Router model WNDR3300 & using the Netgear WNDA3100 USB adapter.

    so this is the new N router, and hmm it is backward compatible with G... so i have 2 connections, the N connection and the G connection, now my laptop and Wii are going through the G connection, but since i have the N adapter, i want to connect this computer to the N connection, but it refuses and goes to the G automatically, and i am just confused..

    my N connection is on channel 157 and my G is on channel 11, i am using the Netgear smartwizard, and i connect to the channel 157 N and when it connects it says channel 11, both SSID's are the same name & passworded, if i do not have the same SSID i cannot use WPS client.

    anyone have any ideas?

    do i need to change the SSID name?

    note, i do not know what a WPS client is.

    and i do not know if the computer the router is connected to is running the N connection either, so if anyone could help me figure this out, would be much appreciated.
     
  2. Techguy10101

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    ok hurray for new problem

    i changed the mode in my router to "up to 270Mbs at 2.4ghz"

    which is only N, which means 1 SSID and yea, i restarted my router/modem, and now i am connected to it, i ran a speedtest and for some reason, my download speed is worse than it was, lol... i am going to change it back until i get some feedback.

    the other mode is "up to 270Mbs at 5ghz and 54Mbs at 2.4ghz"

    this mode enables the N & G and 2 SSID's...
     
  3. krock923

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    Well, unless your pipe is 270Mbps, then it won't make a difference how fast your LAN is. Having a faster LAN than Internet connection is completely useless unless you're doing a lot of local transfers.
     

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