How far are you from the router, how many walls are between you and the router? Are you on the latest firmware? There are many factors in this. That is AC speed btw.

OK then what do I do?

 

I'm still connecting to my router via 802.11n according to the wireless menu, and the Properties panel says I'm only connected via 175 Mbps (It should be somewhere around 867 with a AC adapter).

 

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867 is theoretical..  Also, how many devices are connecting over wireless?  Wireless is a shared medium so every device connecting takes a chunk of bandwidth.  

How far are you from the router, how many walls are between you and the router? Are you on the latest firmware? There are many factors in this. That is AC speed btw.

Only a room right next to the router. On latest version on router and adapter.

867 is theoretical.. Also, how many devices are connecting over wireless? Wireless is a shared medium so every device connecting takes a chunk of bandwidth.

Many devices (Around 10), but on the 5GHz band, only my computer and phone (Galaxy S4).

Edited January 18, 201412 yr by linux731

Remember also, that the link type selected by the router goes with the lowest common denominator--it will be no faster than the slowest established connection.  If you have a 5 GHz 802.11n device also connected to the router (like your phone?), then the router will limit all other 5 GHz connections to n speeds.  Had a friend still using an old laptop with a 802.11b internal wifi adapter who wondered why his snappy new n router was so slow...

 

Regards

Remember also, that the link type selected by the router goes with the lowest common denominator--it will be no faster than the slowest established connection.  If you have a 5 GHz 802.11n device also connected to the router (like your phone?), then the router will limit all other 5 GHz connections to n speeds.  Had a friend still using an old laptop with a 802.11b internal wifi adapter who wondered why his snappy new n router was so slow...

 

Regards

Bob,

 

What? 

 

My old LG laptop connected via 802.11g to our old router, and the rest of our devices connected via N. Not sure what you mean?

My old LG laptop connected via 802.11g to our old router, and the rest of our devices connected via N. Not sure what you mean?

 

If you used dual-channel 802.11n, it may well be you had your laptop on a low-speed g connection on your 2.4 GHz channel and the faster n connections using the 5 GHz channel.

 

As I understand it, 802.11x routers will not maintain concurrent connections with devices using different standards on the same channel--they will force everything connecting to it on the channel to the lowest common standard.  Nearly all 802.11n devices are backwards-compatible to 802.11b/g (and 802.11a if equipped with 5GHz dual channel).

 

Cheers

If you used dual-channel 802.11n, it may well be you had your laptop on a low-speed g connection on your 2.4 GHz channel and the faster n connections using the 5 GHz channel.

 

 

it wasn't, though. That old router didn't have the 5GHz band.

I went back to my old notes, which were for 802.11g/n routers with b clients present...throughput reductions of 50-80% in that case.

 

Apparently the n standard allows for use of different standards on the same channel, but the router still slows (possibly dramatically) anytime it deals with the older devices, also slowing throughput.  But I can't tell for sure if it would prevent a connection.

 

Not sure if ac is any different.  But it might be an interesting experiment to turn off your 5GHz n devices and try the ac connection and see if that makes a difference.

 

Regards

I went back to my old notes, which were for 802.11g/n routers with b clients present...throughput reductions of 50-80% in that case.

 

Apparently the n standard allows for use of different standards on the same channel, but the router still slows (possibly dramatically) anytime it deals with the older devices, also slowing throughput.  But I can't tell for sure if it would prevent a connection.

 

Not sure if ac is any different.  But it might be an interesting experiment to turn off your 5GHz n devices and try the ac connection and see if that makes a difference.

 

Regards

Alright, I just tried that. Same thing with the N popup.

EDIT:

 

I found this hidden panel in the Windows adapter settings. Do you know about these?

 

 

Also, my adapter came with a disc that had an option to install just the drivers or install the Netgear utility/thing whatever it is. I only installed the driver.

Anyone have any ideas? :(