got a 8930g and got two questions :)

you should be able to use either a 34 or 54. as for the N, you can do wireless N on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz. Ideally, upgrade both laptops to N. However, you can still have N (2.4) and G on the same router with little problems.

I have a linksys router and i set the router to mixed mode to allow wireless N and Wireless G connections.

Hi Michelle, having also an 8930 with a D-Link dir615 router N

How do I go about upgrading the comp to N.

I read somewhere that this technology will not be fully available until November this year ???

no, it's available now.

sure, you can replace the wireless card with just about any minicard adapter.

I would recommend the Intel 4965 ABGN wireless card. It is very plentiful on ebay, and pretty cheap. both antennas will be used, it is not just one for G and one for N. The 4965 card will have 3 connectors, but you can use just the 1 and 2 connector with no problem.

You can also go with the newer Intel 5100 (512AN) series wireless. better battery life, but can be pricey.

Others you can consider are the broadcom 4321 (bcm94321), marvell MC85, Atheros 9281, or ralink 2920 based wireless

I have no external card in the computer. I have an Intel Wifi 5100 AGN link.
and i presume when it is procoled that Intel will update it:
But if I can get it now, not really sure how to do that (don't have a credit card anyway)
Perhaps it's best if I don't mess around with it for now, unless there's some kind of free download on the Intel Website ???

well, you have the wireless N in your laptop already. You might just need to log into your router and turn on the wireless N feature.

OK Thanks Michelle

Altho I'm scared to death of logging into my router !!!

Once I had to do a factory default and reconfigure the whole thing. Took me 8 hours.
Is this something easy to do, or is it fraught with DANGER. Thanks !

I presume I wud have to log in thru the D-Link Website ?

I've just been checking all this out, and I'm all Wireless N, on both the computer and the router -- so why do I only have 54 Mb/s -- shud be pushing a bit more than that. but as I was saying I read on Wikipedia that the final protocol won't be decided until November of this year and won't even be implemented until Jan 2010 apparently. Seems one can't get more out of it until then ?????

One cannot expect a "full" transfer rate on wireless connections regardless what it says. There are many factors involved like handshake, signals drop due to distance and interference per example.

Got 54 mb/s - that is pretty good.

cheers ...

I fully agree with you ; but I think that the 802.11g has also 54.

Think anyway that if u manage to get 74 or perhaps 100 when this thing is really up and running, that'll be about the most, what with all u say , environmental factors etc., etc.,

Even tho they say u shud get 300 Marketing, marketing.........:-)

I get 54 MBPS if attaching to a G router but max out at 270 MBPS using a Linksys N router with either a USB Linksys "N" adapter or a PCMCIA Linksys "N" card.

that sounds about right.

There seems to be something controversial here. orlbuckeye maxes at 270 mps with his n link, and qhn says 54 is ok and Michelle says that 270 seems about right ????

When; without logging in to the router, I check out the "connect to a network", and i hover my mouse over my connection it says radio type 802.11n......I presume that refers to the router and not my computer, which has only N anyway. So how is it I can't cash in on the extra. Any explanation wud be appreciated

Orlbuckeye mentioned USB/PCMCIA adapter card for the extra "cash". Now the 54mb/s connection not sure if it is internal or external with a G router.

cheers ...

it all depends on hardware. Mine maxes out at 300, with occasional peaks to 450. your wireless card may not be that compatible with your router.

qhn and Michelle

It's getting to me badly now, when I see Michelle that you're getting 300 to 450 mb/s !!!
I'm giving up....Jealousy is settling in. I suppose I'll just have to settle with the 54 mb/s,
and in that case might as well have only a G connection. It's just that if I can get more, well then I want more ! :-) Is there any way to be more compatible or should I have a word with a technician ????
(The people I can trace around me (on the "connect to a network" feature)
including one distant hotspot are all G. Just wondering if this is different depending on which country one's in ???).

Michelle, qhn ; I logged into my router and under status found it was in G mode, went further and found it was in mixed mode - a/b/g/n. I corrected it to N only.
and saved it, only to find I had lost the connection between my computer and the router.
I finally managed, with the Ethernet cable, to log in to the router again and put in back into mixed mode and regained my connection (all this with a lot of difficulty).

I checked out the Network Adapter in Device Manager. the following are the properties I found :

Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN Properties

802.11n Channel Width for band 2.4
802.11n Channel Width for band 5.2
802.11n Mode
Ad Hoc Channel 802.11 b/g
Ad Hoc default wireless mode
Ad Hoc power management
Ad hoc QoS mode
FAT channel intolerant
Mixed Mode Protection
Roaming Agressiveness
Throughput Enhancement
Transmit Power

and the mystery one ; Wireless Mode, which gives 6 possibilities which are ;
802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11b/g 802.11a/g and 802.11a/b/g. (no mention of N)

I can give a value to all these properties, the first three are enabled, some others are enabled or disabled -- the one I find disturbing is the last one , the Wireless Mode where there are no other alternatives to the 6 possibilities offered (and no disable possibility either).

So, I have N, but the router seems to be concentrating on the Wireless Mode, which is set to a/b/g.

I'm wondering why this mode doesn't contain the N connection, which is covered anyway in the first three properties, and also why it exists in the first place ???
this must be the thing that is stopping me from having an N connection.

I really can't figure this one out. Can you, or anyone, understand from the above what I might have to do to, eventually, get this N connection since the possibility is there but the last property above prevents me from doing this. This is really mind-blowing !!!
Perhaps changing one of the properties in between might give another possibility to the
Wireless Mode ???? Or should I ask D-Link or Intel about this.

Thanks for any reply, I shud think this one would be a challenge to anybody !
Terry

Michelle, do u have any ideas about the above, please ?????

what router/firmware do you have?