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Broadcasting in "N" but connected as "B"


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Oblivionon360

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I have a D-Link 615 router that i have manually set up to only broadcast in an "N" network, now all my devices say they are connected as "N" but when i go into my router and check the status of all wireless devices, it says they are all connected as 802.11b. from my experience there should be no reason for them to be recognized as B if they are not actually connected as "B" any assistance here would be great
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phillipcorcoran

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Many wireless devices, especially older ones, do not support the 'N' wireless protocol.

Edited by phillipcorcoran, 10 May 2011 - 04:16 AM.

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Well that may be the case for some eople but im refering to the xbox slim that come with built in wifi n networking and my brand new lapto that aso does n networking but yet they still connect as B according to the router
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What security are you running, by security I mean wep, wpa, wpa2. Try changing it to wpa2+aes. Let me know how you make out.
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Ok i double checked and everything is the same as you recomended, i am loading in pictures of what i mean.

I first double checked my password setting

Then i double checked my network broadcast mode

And finally a picture that clearly shows being connected in 802.11b

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Hello Oblivionon360:

Please have a look at second picture - Wireless Channel right now the value is 2.437 GHz this frequency corresponds to G please select 5.6 GHz channel to get Draft "N" broadcast

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Well i attempted to change to 5.6 but it appears that it does not have this option. as shown in my attatched photo, i have multiple 2gh but no 5.6

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Hi Oblivionon360:

I am unsure why you don't have this option, you may want to visit DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router for drivers, firmware, installation guides, and other resources

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Hello Oblivionon360:

Please have a look at second picture - Wireless Channel right now the value is 2.437 GHz this frequency corresponds to G please select 5.6 GHz channel to get Draft "N" broadcast


That's not true read here:

http://en.wikipedia....iki/IEEE_802.11



As far as the connection problem, have you tried leaving it on auto/mixed mode and see if that makes a difference( i mean instead of N only)?
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