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How to get 4750 WiFi work in turbo mode?

post #1 of 10
1/24/05 at 9:43am
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Finally I get ADSL in my area. Now, it's time to use WiFi cabable on my 4750. I have Linksys WiFi-G Speed Booster router. I also updated my WiFi driver that I download from Gigabyte website, Gigabyte GN-WIAG01 Ver. 3.1.2.21.
The problem is, it will only connect at 54Mbps. How can I make it connect at 108Mbps?

Thanks you,
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post #2 of 10
1/24/05 at 12:20pm
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Speed Booster (based on Broadcom's Afterburner technology) isn't compatible with the GN-WIAG01 (which is based on the Atheros Super-G chipset). They're competing standards. The best you'll get is 54Mbps unless/until you get a matching router.
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post #3 of 10
1/24/05 at 10:31pm
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Ahh... i see. That's what I'm afraid of. But the signal is very low in my bedroom anyway so 108Mbps won't help any at that point.

Thank you,
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post #4 of 10
1/24/05 at 10:47pm
54g is faster than you're gonna get with your adsl (which is one of the slowest DSL types) anyway. You probably wouldnt need greater bandwidth than that unless you were planning on doing very large filetransfers over your LAN.
I wouldnt worry about it.
In my dorm, over ethernet, I can get up to 8mbps, but today, I ran a bandwidth test over the 54g wireless at my school and clocked it at over 9 mbps. 54g is still pretty fast.
Just sorry you spent the extra cash on the linksys router!
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post #5 of 10
1/25/05 at 12:00am
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Thank you, I bought Linksys with Speed Booster in the first place because I heard that this technology not only boost the speed but range as well. I'm more worry about the range than speed at the moment.

I also have one more question. Rightnow, I'm using the lastest Gigabyte driver with Gigabyte Client Utility (Ver.3.1.2.21.02). I set my power output to 100mW, but why the utility alway report it at only 50mW? Does anybody have the same problem?
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post #6 of 10
1/25/05 at 2:19am
The Atheros driver causes the card to search at 100mW but once it connects it will fall back to 50mW. To my knowledge no one has hacked the driver to change this.

I seem to remember somewhere that it does this to ensure compliance with FCC regulations but might be mistaken.

At any rate the behavior you're describing is normal and also unfortunate as higher output from the card would likely equate to better range and throughput.

Chris
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post #7 of 10
1/25/05 at 3:08am
I'm using DLink-624 router that has the Atheros chipset and getting 108Mbps in turbo mode. It also has a function for extended range. It's great.
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post #8 of 10
1/25/05 at 3:51am
Correction:- I'm using a DLink DI-624 router.
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post #9 of 10
1/25/05 at 12:59pm
Not to turn this into a Linksys vs Dlink bash-a-thon but I doubt I'll ever buy another Dlink router again - I've got two of them sitting on my junk shelf, quite dead. Meanwhile the Linksys routers I've bought have been bullet proof and are running the open source version of the Sveasoft firmware which gives me MUCH greater control and flexibility in configurations than any DLink firmware I've seen to date.

While I respect DLink, like and use their WiFi NICs and know that the Atheros based WiFi NIC in my laptop will never be able to use Turbo mode with the Broadcom chip in the Linksys Router I'd sooner replace the WiFi Card than the router. And, as I run Linux on the laptop and there's little or no Broadcom WiFi support that's not likely to happen.

Chris
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post #10 of 10
1/25/05 at 9:54pm
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After I search on the internet for awhile, I believe there is no way to make Gigabyte card work at 100mW yet as you said. So, if there is any way to make Linksys router work at the higher output? I heard there is a special firmware can do that. Can anyone suggest a good stable and safe one? I have Linksys WRT54GS router.
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